Liver failure posthepatectomy and biliary fistula: multidisciplinar treatment
Javier Calleja Kempin1, Arturo Colón Rodríguez2, Pedro Machado Liendo1
1Cirugía General, Hospital Quirón Madrid, España.
Revista Espanola De Enfermedades Digestivas
|July 17, 2015
Abstract:
The main cause of morbimor-mortality after major liver surgery is the development of liver failure posthepatectomy(LFPH). Treatment must involve multiple options and will be aggressive from the beginning. We report a case of a patient with cholangiocarcinoma perihilar treated with surgery: right hepatectomy extended to sI + IVb with develop of LFPH and biliary fistula and being management successfully in a multidisciplinary way.


