Readmission rate of open liver surgery is 20-25% at most major cancer centers, yet the readmission rate for robotic hepatectomy was 1.6% in this retrospective analysis of data from six centers in two ...

A study conducted at City of Hope, a cancer research organization based in Duarte, Calif., found that robotic liver surgery can be safely conducted as an outpatient procedure. The study analyzed data ...

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future risk of developing serious liver ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Patients diagnosed with liver cancer in the ArkLaTex now have access to a new treatment option closer to ...

Since early 2023, it has become standard practice at UMCG to perform virtually all hour-long liver transplants during daytime. This is possible because donor livers can be preserved for much longer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgeons successfully split a deceased donor’s liver to give to two transplant recipients. One recipient, a man ...

Patients can discuss minimally invasive robotic liver cancer surgery with their care teams. The process tends to be safe and effective, an expert said. With the advent of new technologies and improved ...

The benefits of many elective nonhepatic surgeries outweigh the risks for select patients with compensated cirrhosis, but those at high risk for poor surgical outcomes should continue to seek ...

WASHINGTON, DC — For individuals with both metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and obesity, bariatric surgery can prevent liver disease progression to the point where ...

The liver transplantation program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham began in 1983. UAB is one of twenty programs in the United States that averages at or above 100 liver transplants per year.

Yuman Fong, M.D., senior author of the study, Sangiacomo Family Chair in Surgical Oncology at City of Hope and director of City of Hope’s Center for Surgical Innovation. “We have made so much progress ...