Efficacy of Technical Modifications to the Associating Liver Partition and Portal Vein Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy (ALPPS) Procedure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: To compare the outcomes of modified-Associating Liver Partition and Portal vein Ligation for Staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) techniques with those of conventional-ALPPS.

Background

ALPPS is an established technique for treating advanced liver tumors.

Methods

PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane databases were searched. The outcomes were assessed by single-arm and 2-arm analyses.

Results

Seventeen studies containing 335 modified-ALPPS patients were included in single-arm meta-analysis. The estimated blood loss was 267 ± 29 mL (95% confidence interval [CI], 210-324 mL) during the first and 662 ± 51 mL (95% CI, 562-762 mL) during the second stage. The operation time was 166 ± 18 minutes (95% CI, 131-202 minutes) during the first and 225 ± 19 minutes (95% CI, 188-263 minutes) d

SUBMITTER: Khajeh E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10406102 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature