Current trends of surgical therapy of focal liver and pancreatic lesions

Abstract

Focal liver and pancreatic lesions represent important therapeutic problem in a relatively huge group of patients. Secondary liver tumors are the crucial factor affecting morbidity and mortality in patients with malignacies.

Radical surgery is the only therapeutic option that gives the chance of long term survival. The authors present current trends in surgical therapy of liver and pancreatic tumors as a review article.

Keywords

• liver
• pancreas
• tumor
• liver resection
• pancreatic resection
• surgical therapy