Hepatectomy Overview
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University Of Penn - Medical Group
Kim Olthoff is a General Surgeon in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Olthoff and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hepatectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Liver Cancer, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy.
Lehigh Valley Physician Group
Jeffrey Brodsky is a Surgical Oncologist and a General Surgeon in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Dr. Brodsky and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hepatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Post-Splenectomy Syndrome, Pancreatectomy, and Small Bowel Resection.
Lehigh Valley Physician Group
Aaron Blackham is a Surgical Oncologist and a General Surgeon in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Blackham and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hepatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma, Liposarcoma, Pancreatectomy, and Small Bowel Resection.
Summary: Prophylactic abdominal drain placement after donor hepatectomy has been a common or even mandatory practice in most transplant centers. This serves to monitor the occurrence of post-operative intra-abdominal bleeding and is used for the detection and drainage of any bile leakage. However prophylactic drain placement is not without complications, like; Increased rates of intraabdominal and wound in...
Summary: The RESCUE trial is a prospective, single-arm clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ablative radioembolization using Yttrium-90. This treatment is being investigated as a potential curative approach, as well as a bridging or downstaging strategy for surgery, in patients with large hepatocellular carcinoma (greater than 8 cm) who maintain good liver function.