The liver hilum, which some people know as the porta hepatis or hilum of the liver, is a fissure or opening between two sections, or lobes, of the liver. The liver hilum allows structures including ...

HEPATIC-artery catheterization by way of the brachial artery for the treatment of malignant lesions in the liver has recently been revived and expanded. 1 We have had the opportunity to utilize this ...

THE limiting factor in the successful surgical management of many intra-abdominal pathologic processes is the presence of hepatic involvement. Extirpation of solitary, superficial lesions of the liver ...

Climate Change and Cancer Care: A Policy Statement From ASCO Hepatic artery infusion (HAI) delivers localized high-dose floxuridine directly to liver tumors through an implanted pump. While patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hepatic arterial infusion pump (HAIP) chemotherapy, developed in the 1980s, has shown efficacy as an advanced ...

What is hepatic arterial therapy? Let's say this liver has 3 metastases in it. You surgically those 3 and then exactly what would you do? Nancy Kemeny, MD Well then we put this pump, which is a ...

Besides infection and sepsis surgical complications are the most likely cause of graft dysfunction in the early post-transplant period. Therefore we initiated further diagnostic work-up. Abdominal ...

Colorectal liver metastases are the most common metastases observed in patients with colorectal cancer. Guidelines recommend surgical resection as first-line treatment of colorectal liver metastases; ...

HAI Therapy is Changing the Course of Cancer in Leading Cancer Centers Across the U.S.; Rapid Adoption by the Oncology Community is Giving Thousands of Patients Restored Access to a Fighting Chance ...