Review of ALPPS Cases in the Freeman Hospital

Nicole Gull IntroductionThe ALPPS (Associating Liver Partition and Portal vein Ligation for Staged hepatectomy) procedure is a novel surgical approach for the management of primary and secondary liver cancers, first described in the literature in 2012. The aim of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of ALPPS procedures in our centre and compare our…

North East of England regional severe acute pancreatitis remote care (SAP-RC) service

DM Bourne, JJ French & Acute Pancreatitis Team (JS Leeds, RM Charnley, K Oppong, M Nayar, J Logue, J Scott, S Saikia, S Young & S McMullen) BackgroundSevere acute pancreatitis, as defined by the revised Atlanta classification,1 is caused by an acute inflammatory process affecting the pancreas gland.2 A recent review of acute pancreatitis1 advocated…