Gallbladder cancer is most common in people who have gallstones or have had gallstones in the past. While uncommon, most gallbladder cancers are discovered at a late stage when the prognosis is often ...

Laparoscopic surgery led to a substantial reduction in functional recovery time and postoperative hospital stay compared with open surgery in patients undergoing parenchyma-preserving resection of ...

For patients with early multinodular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are ineligible for liver transplant, liver resection provides a survival advantage over percutaneous radiofrequency ablation and ...

Liver resection remains the principal curative approach for a range of primary and secondary hepatic malignancies, as well as certain benign tumours. Surgical strategies have evolved to balance ...

Liver resection should be the primary therapeutic option for patients with early multinodular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are ineligible for transplant, a retrospective cohort study suggested.

Surgical removal of parts of the liver remains the only curative approach for patients with liver-specific cancer. An international team led by Patrick Starlinger from MedUni Vienna has developed a ...

Some patients with liver tumours benefit from liver-resection surgery. Radiofrequency energy can be applied as part of the operation, to help minimise bleeding from the surgery. The National Institute ...

Thermal ablation demonstrated noninferiority to surgical resection for small colorectal liver metastases, with comparable overall survival and local control outcomes. The COLLISION trial showed ...

Laparoscopic liver resection has emerged over the past two decades as a safe and effective alternative to open surgery for both benign and malignant hepatic lesions. Early applications were largely ...

Anna's story began in 2022, when she was diagnosed with Hepatitis B, a viral infection that, if left untreated, can silently ...

The liver may be affected by cancer, either spreading from other parts of the body or developing from within the organ. In some patients, the tumour may develop in parts of the liver that are ...

When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue. Although lifesaving, the procedure - referred to as a radical small bowel ...