Format : Paper Book + Videos
Release Year : 2021
Edition : 2nd
Author : Carlos Corvera
🌟 Overview
📚 Covers: Diseases of the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas, both in print and through 120+ surgical videos.
👨⚕️ Step-by-step expertise: Observe world-renowned surgeon Dr. Les Blumgart as he demonstrates complex open procedures and shares precise operative techniques.
🔬 Minimally invasive updates: Expanded coverage of laparoscopic techniques for liver disease and pancreatic tumors, contributed by Dr. Carlos Corvera.
💡 New chapters & techniques:
Laparoscopic hepatectomy procedures
Totally laparoscopic approaches to major hepatectomy
Benefits of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery
🩺 Recent advances include:
Modern laparoscopic liver & pancreatic surgery
“Bottom-up” right hepatectomy modifications
Donor liver transplantation techniques
Management of rare gallstone complications
🧠 Anatomical insight:
Combines conceptual and imaging anatomy, enhanced by cadaver dissections, providing deep understanding of surgical planes and anatomical variations.
💻 Enhanced eBook version:
Includes access to all text, figures, and references on multiple devices for seamless learning.
📖 Contents
📘 Section 1: Anatomy
1️⃣ Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
🩻 Comprehensive overview of hepatic, biliary, and pancreatic anatomy with imaging correlation.
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🫀 Section 2: Liver
2️⃣ Liver Resection – Principles and operative strategy
3️⃣ Major Hepatic Resection: Right Liver – Stepwise open and laparoscopic approaches
4️⃣ Major Hepatic Resection: Left Liver – Advanced segmental anatomy and vascular control
5️⃣ Liver Resection: Hepatic Segmentectomy – Precision-based parenchymal sparing
6️⃣ Wedge Resection & Enucleation Techniques – Integration with hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy
7️⃣ Cystic Disease of the Liver – Surgical management of hydatid and polycystic disease
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💛 Section 3: Biliary Tract
8️⃣ Benign Biliary Disease and Anastomosis – Reconstruction techniques and bypass options
9️⃣ Resection for Biliary Cancer – Strategies for hilar and distal cholangiocarcinoma
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💜 Section 4: Pancreas
🔟 Pancreatic and Periampullary Resection – Whipple procedures and distal pancreatectomy
1️⃣1️⃣ Ampulla of Vater – Surgical anatomy and resection approaches
Videos Titles:
📹 Video 1: Basic Hepatic Anatomy – 3D Model
📹 Video 2: Aberrant Left Portal Vein
📹 Video 3: Congenital Portacaval Shunt
📹 Video 4: Left-sided Gallbladder
📹 Video 5: Atrophy/Hypertrophy Complex of the Liver
📹 Video 6: Basic Techniques
📹 Video 7: Overview of Right Hepatectomy
📹 Video 8: Right Hepatectomy with Adrenalectomy and Nephrectomy
📹 Video 9: Right Hepatectomy and Pericystectomy for Hydatid Disease
📹 Video 10: Right Hepatectomy Extended to Segment IVa – Infusion Pump Approach
📹 Video 11: Right Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
📹 Video 12: Overview of Extended Right Hepatectomy
📹 Video 13: Extended Right Hepatic Lobectomy for Fibrous Tumor
📹 Video 14: Extended Right Hepatectomy for Metastatic Colon Cancer
📹 Video 15: Extended Right Hepatic Lobectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
📹 Video 16: Extended Right Hepatectomy with IVC Excision
📹 Video 17: Extended Right Hepatectomy for MCC (Bottom-Up Approach)
📹 Video 18: Overview of Left Hepatectomy
📹 Video 19: Left Hepatectomy Extended to Segment V
📹 Video 20: Left Hepatectomy Extended to Segment VIII
📹 Video 21: Overview of Extended Left Hepatectomy
📹 Video 22: Extended Left Hepatic Lobectomy with Caudate Lobectomy
📹 Video 23: Extended Left Hepatic Lobectomy for Portal Vein Invasion
📹 Video 24: Extended Left Hepatic Lobectomy for Primary Liver Cancer
📹 Video 25: Rationale for Segmental Resection
📹 Video 26: Overview of Left Lobectomy
📹 Video 27: Left Lateral Segmentectomy for Focal Nodular Hyperplasia
📹 Video 28: Left Lateral Segmentectomy (Left Hepatic Lobectomy)
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💉 Advanced Hepatic Procedures
📹 Video 29: Left Lobectomy for Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma
📹 Video 30: Caudate Lobectomy for Giant Hemangioma
📹 Video 31: Mobilization of the Caudate Lobe for Extended Left Hepatectomy
📹 Video 32: Resection of Segment I for Metastatic Colon Cancer
📹 Video 33: Central Hepatic Resection for Metastatic Colon Cancer
📹 Video 34: Central Hepatic Resection for Gastrinoma
📹 Video 35: Resection of Segment III for Metastatic Colon Cancer
📹 Video 36: Resection of Segments IVb and V for Colorectal Cancer
📹 Video 37: Right Posterior Sectorectomy (Segments VI & VII)
📹 Video 38: Hepatic Resection for Segments V and VIII
📹 Video 39: Wedge Resection of Segment VIII
📹 Video 40: Excision of Pedunculated Tumor of the Left Lobe
📹 Video 41: Giant Simple Cyst of the Liver
📹 Video 42: Subtotal Cystectomy and Drainage for Hydatid Disease
📹 Video 43: Drainage (Capitonage) of Hydatid Cyst of the Liver
📹 Video 44: Right Hepatectomy for Hydatid Disease
📹 Video 45: Resection/Fenestration for Polycystic Liver Disease
📹 Video 46: Enucleation/Resection of Giant Hemangioma
📹 Video 47: Resection of Giant Hemangioma
📹 Video 48: Right Hepatectomy with Enucleation for Giant Hemangioma
📹 Video 49: Enucleation of Multiple Focal Nodular Hyperplasia
📹 Video 50: Enucleation of Left Lateral Segment for Neuroendocrine Metastases
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🧫 Biliary Surgery Section
📹 Video 51: Basic Techniques in Biliary Enteric Anastomosis
📹 Video 52: Exploration of the Common Bile Duct (Choledochoscopy)
📹 Video 53: Mirizzi Syndrome
📹 Video 54: Choledochal Cyst
📹 Video 55: Repair of Benign Bile Duct Stricture
📹 Video 56: General Principles for Gallbladder & Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
📹 Video 57: Biliary and Liver Resection for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
📹 Video 58: Subhepatic Dissection with Lymphadenectomy for Gallbladder Cancer
📹 Video 59: Hepatic Resection (Segments IV and V) for Gallbladder Cancer
📹 Video 60: Cholecystectomy for Papillary Cancer 📹 Video 61: Excision of Bile Duct & Left Hepatectomy with Caudate Lobectomy En Bloc
📹 Video 62: Extended Right Hepatectomy for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
📹 Video 63: Right Hepatic Lobectomy for Stricture of Right Hepatic Duct
📹 Video 64: Segment III Biliary Enteric Bypass
📹 Video 65: Segment III Biliary Enteric Bypass (Anatomy of Left Hepatic Duct)
📹 Video 66: Segment III Biliary Enteric Bypass (Cadaver – Pancreaticoduodenectomy)
📹 Video 67: Basic Anatomy
📹 Video 68: Pancreaticojejunostomy
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🧠 Pancreatic & Laparoscopic Section
📹 Video 69: Biliary Ductal Anastomosis During Pancreaticoduodenectomy
📹 Video 70: Pancreaticogastrostomy
📹 Video 71: Lateral Pancreaticojejunostomy
📹 Video 72: Resection and Anastomosis of Portal Vein
📹 Video 73: Anastomosis of Superior Mesenteric Vein
📹 Video 74: Cephalic Pancreaticoduodenectomy
📹 Video 75: Distal Pancreatectomy
📹 Video 76: Central Pancreatectomy
📹 Video 77: Total Pancreatectomy
📹 Video 78: Ampullectomy for Ampullary Tumor
📹 Video 79: Introduction
📹 Video 80: Technical Problems and Hazards
📹 Video 81: Equipment and Instrumentation (Liver & Pancreas)
📹 Video 82: Port Site Placement and Positioning
📹 Video 83: Anatomy of the Liver
📹 Video 84: Indications and Contraindications
📹 Video 85: Simple Hepatic Cysts
📹 Video 86: Polycystic Liver Disease
📹 Video 87: Biopsy of Liver Tumors
📹 Video 88: Ablation of Liver Tumors
📹 Video 89: Partial Hepatectomy
📹 Video 90: Right Hepatectomy
📹 Video 91: Left Lobectomy
📹 Video 92: Introduction
📹 Video 93: Positioning of the Patient and Port Site Placement
📹 Video 94: Enucleation of a Pancreatic Tumor
📹 Video 95: Distal Pancreatectomy and Splenectomy
📹 Video 96: Spleen-Sparing Distal Pancreatectomy
📹 Video 97: Gastric Suspension Technique for Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy
📹 Video 98: Radical Treatment of Hydatid Cyst – Right Hepatectomy Anterior Approach
📹 Video 99: Bottom-Up Technique Right Hepatectomy
📹 Video 100: Extended Right Hepatectomy Bottom-Up Approach
📹 Video 101–121: Advanced Robotic & Cadaveric Hepatic and Pancreatic Procedures