Ch. Scudamore et al., STAPLER TECHNIQUE FOR EXTRAHEPATIC VASCULAR CONTROL DURING HEPATIC RESECTION, Journal of investigative surgery, 10(1-2), 1997, pp. 59-61
A technique is described for extrahepatic division of the hepatic vein
s and portal structures to be resected utilizing a vascular stapler. T
he authors have employed this technique in more than 200 consecutive c
ases of hepatic resection. No major hepatic venous bleeding has been i
dentified.