• 1. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, P. R. China;
WEN Zhang, Email: wenzgxmu@163.com
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Objective To summarize the progress of associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) and evolution of surgical procedure improvement, so as to summarize experience in selecting appropriate surgical method for patients. Method The domestic and foreign literature on the evolution of ALPPS surgical procedure improvement in recent years was reviewed. Results In the decade since the emergence of ALPPS, the ALPPS had been rapidly developed in the hepatobiliary surgery. The ALPPS promoted a rapid increase in future liver remnant during a relatively shorter period to contribute to resectability of liver tumors and reduce the rate of postoperative liver failure, the patients with intermediate to advanced and huge liver cancer could obtain the surgical radical resection. In recent years, the domestic and foreign experts had refined the ALPPS procedure, which mainly focused on the operation of hepatic section separation and hepatic artery flow restriction in stage Ⅰ surgery, including partial ALPPS, radiofrequency ablation ALPPS, tourniquet ALPPS, transcatheter arterial embolization ALPPS, hepatic artery ringed and operation ALPPS, as well as laparoscopic ALPPS and robotic ALPPS with minimally invasive approach. Conclusions Despite the ongoing controversy over ALPPS, with the continuous progress and innovation of improved procedures and the utilization of laparoscope and robot in surgery, the trauma of ALPPS surgery has a further reduction, and the morbidity and mortality have gradually been decreased. It is believed that with the continuous advancement and improvement of ALPPS surgery technology, the indications and safety of ALPPS will be further enhanced, bringing hope to more patients with intermediate to advanced liver cancer with huge tumors.

Citation: XU Banghao, LAN Zhujing, ZHU Hai, WANG Jilong, LU Tingting, ZHANG Ling, GUO Ya, PENG Minhao, WEN Zhang. Progress of associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy evolution. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2023, 30(7): 870-876. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.202303039 Copy

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