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World J Hepatol. Jun 8, 2017; 9(16): 733-745
Published online Jun 8, 2017. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v9.i16.733
Abdominal cross-sectional imaging of the associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy procedure
Michele Zerial, Dario Lorenzin, Andrea Risaliti, Chiara Zuiani, Rossano Girometti
Michele Zerial, Chiara Zuiani, Rossano Girometti, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, University Hospital “S. Maria della Misericordia”, 33100 Udine, Italy
Dario Lorenzin, Andrea Risaliti, Clinical Surgery, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, University Hospital “S. Maria della Misericordia”, 33100 Udine, Italy
Author contributions: Girometti R and Lorenzin D projected the paper; Zerial M, Girometti R and Zuiani C planned the review structure; Lorenzin D and Risaliti A performed surgeries and collected surgical images; Zerial M reviewed radiological literature; Lorenzin D and Risaliti A reviewed surgical literature; Zerial M, Zuiani C and Girometti R reviewed radiological images and selected them; Zerial M wrote the paper; Zuiani C and Girometti R prepared the tables; Zerial M and Lorenzin M prepared the figures; Girometti R, Lorenzin D, Zuiani C and Risaliti A reviewed the paper for structure and content; Girometti R supervised the work.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors has conflicts of interest to disclose. This paper has been presented as an electronic poster at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2016 and European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) annual meeting 2016.
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Correspondence to: Rossano Girometti, MD, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, University Hospital “S. Maria della Misericordia”, p.le S. Maria della Misericordia, 15, 33100 Udine, Italy. rgirometti@sirm.org
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Received: January 27, 2017
Peer-review started: February 12, 2017
First decision: March 10, 2017
Revised: March 22, 2017
Accepted: April 6, 2017
Article in press: April 10, 2017
Published online: June 8, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) is a variant of two-stage hepatectomy aimed to obtain rapid hypertrophy of the future liver remnant. Given its recent introduction, there are still controversies on indications and safety issues. Cross-sectional imaging by means of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play a key role in the multidisciplinary process of patients’ selection and postoperative management. This review aims to emphasize such a role and illustrate main abdominal ALPPS-related findings on MDCT or MRI.