Removing 10% of a patient's blood before major liver surgery and giving it back afterwards reduced transfusions by half, according to a large clinical trial published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & ...

The surgery may change how bile reaches your gut but key triggers are obesity, diabetes and lifestyle, not the operation itself ...

Patients can discuss minimally invasive robotic liver cancer surgery with their care teams. The process tends to be safe and effective, an expert said. With the advent of new technologies and improved ...

Laparoscopic surgery led to a substantial reduction in functional recovery time and postoperative hospital stay compared with open surgery in patients undergoing parenchyma-preserving resection of ...

Fortis Hospital, Noida, performed the world's first laparoscopic dual-lobe living donor liver transplant on a 51-year-old ...

Surgical removal of parts of the liver remains the only curative approach for patients with liver-specific cancer. An international team led by Patrick Starlinger from MedUni Vienna has developed a ...

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future risk of developing serious liver ...

I have a benign lesion on my liver that needs to be removed. My surgeon said he would use robotic-assisted surgery. Can you tell me more about ...

Born prematurely, the 23-month-old brothers developed a rare congenital liver disorder within weeks of birth. After their ...

A risky but often lifesaving surgery that removes damaged parts of the small intestine can leave patients facing a new threat: serious liver damage with no available treatment. Now, scientists have ...

Silent liver disease: There is a type of liver disease which is seen in young adults more often these days. Learn why it is ...

Obesity is a leading cause of fatty liver condition. Patients who had weight-loss surgery showed fewer signs of the disease progressing. By Roni Caryn Rabin One in four American adults has fatty liver ...