Minimally Invasive Surgery in Liver Transplantation: From Living Liver Donation to Graft Implantation
Since the end of the 20th century and the establishment of minimally invasive techniques, they have become the preferred operative method by many surgeons. These techniques were applied to liver surgery for the first time in 1991, while as far as transplantation is concerned their application was li...
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| author | Eleni Avramidou Konstantinos Terlemes Afroditi Lymperopoulou Georgios Katsanos Nikolaos Antoniadis Athanasios Kofinas Stella Vasileiadou Konstantina-Eleni Karakasi Georgios Tsoulfas |
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| description | Since the end of the 20th century and the establishment of minimally invasive techniques, they have become the preferred operative method by many surgeons. These techniques were applied to liver surgery for the first time in 1991, while as far as transplantation is concerned their application was limited to the living donor procedure. We performed a review of the literature by searching in Pubmed and Scopus using the following keywords: Liver transplantation, Minimally invasive surgery(MIS) living liver donor surgery. Applications of MIS are recorded in surgeries involving the donor and the recipient. Regarding the recipient surgeries, the reports are limited to 25 patients, including combinations of laparoscopic, robotic and open techniques, while in the living donor surgery, the reports are much more numerous and with larger series of patients. Shorter hospitalization times and less blood loss are recorded, especially in centers with experience in a large number of cases. Regarding the living donor surgery, MIS follows the same principles as a conventional hepatectomy and is already the method of choice in many specialized centers. Regarding the recipient surgery, significant questions arise mainly concerning the safe handling of the liver graft. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dea782ccf6034c18be682376b242b1912024-03-27T13:51:32ZengMDPI AGLivers2673-43892024-02-014111913710.3390/livers4010009Minimally Invasive Surgery in Liver Transplantation: From Living Liver Donation to Graft ImplantationEleni Avramidou0Konstantinos Terlemes1Afroditi Lymperopoulou2Georgios Katsanos3Nikolaos Antoniadis4Athanasios Kofinas5Stella Vasileiadou6Konstantina-Eleni Karakasi7Georgios Tsoulfas8Department of Transplant Surgery, Center for Research and Innovation in Solid Organ Transplantation Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, 54642 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Transplant Surgery, Center for Research and Innovation in Solid Organ Transplantation Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, 54642 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Transplant Surgery, Center for Research and Innovation in Solid Organ Transplantation Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, 54642 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Transplant Surgery, Center for Research and Innovation in Solid Organ Transplantation Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, 54642 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Transplant Surgery, Center for Research and Innovation in Solid Organ Transplantation Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, 54642 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Transplant Surgery, Center for Research and Innovation in Solid Organ Transplantation Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, 54642 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Transplant Surgery, Center for Research and Innovation in Solid Organ Transplantation Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, 54642 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Transplant Surgery, Center for Research and Innovation in Solid Organ Transplantation Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, 54642 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Transplant Surgery, Center for Research and Innovation in Solid Organ Transplantation Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, 54642 Thessaloniki, GreeceSince the end of the 20th century and the establishment of minimally invasive techniques, they have become the preferred operative method by many surgeons. These techniques were applied to liver surgery for the first time in 1991, while as far as transplantation is concerned their application was limited to the living donor procedure. We performed a review of the literature by searching in Pubmed and Scopus using the following keywords: Liver transplantation, Minimally invasive surgery(MIS) living liver donor surgery. Applications of MIS are recorded in surgeries involving the donor and the recipient. Regarding the recipient surgeries, the reports are limited to 25 patients, including combinations of laparoscopic, robotic and open techniques, while in the living donor surgery, the reports are much more numerous and with larger series of patients. Shorter hospitalization times and less blood loss are recorded, especially in centers with experience in a large number of cases. Regarding the living donor surgery, MIS follows the same principles as a conventional hepatectomy and is already the method of choice in many specialized centers. Regarding the recipient surgery, significant questions arise mainly concerning the safe handling of the liver graft.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4389/4/1/9MISliver transplantationdonor surgeryrecipient surgeryliving donor liver transplantationrobotic hepatectomy |
| spellingShingle | Eleni Avramidou Konstantinos Terlemes Afroditi Lymperopoulou Georgios Katsanos Nikolaos Antoniadis Athanasios Kofinas Stella Vasileiadou Konstantina-Eleni Karakasi Georgios Tsoulfas Minimally Invasive Surgery in Liver Transplantation: From Living Liver Donation to Graft Implantation Livers MIS liver transplantation donor surgery recipient surgery living donor liver transplantation robotic hepatectomy |
| title | Minimally Invasive Surgery in Liver Transplantation: From Living Liver Donation to Graft Implantation |
| title_full | Minimally Invasive Surgery in Liver Transplantation: From Living Liver Donation to Graft Implantation |
| title_fullStr | Minimally Invasive Surgery in Liver Transplantation: From Living Liver Donation to Graft Implantation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Minimally Invasive Surgery in Liver Transplantation: From Living Liver Donation to Graft Implantation |
| title_short | Minimally Invasive Surgery in Liver Transplantation: From Living Liver Donation to Graft Implantation |
| title_sort | minimally invasive surgery in liver transplantation from living liver donation to graft implantation |
| topic | MIS liver transplantation donor surgery recipient surgery living donor liver transplantation robotic hepatectomy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4389/4/1/9 |
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