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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2014; 20(29): 10208-10211
Published online Aug 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i29.10208
Little girl who conquered the "ALPPS''
Albert Chan, Patrick HY Chung, Ronnie TP Poon
Albert Chan, Ronnie TP Poon, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Patrick HY Chung, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Author contributions: Chan A, Chung PHY and Poon RTP contributed equally to this work; Chan A and Poon RTP designed the research; Chan A, Chung PHY and Poon RTP performed the research; Chan A and Chung PHY performed the data analysis; Chan A, Chung PHY and Poon RTP wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Albert Chan, MBBS, FRCS, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. acchan@hku.hk
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Received: January 21, 2014
Revised: March 8, 2014
Accepted: April 15, 2014
Published online: August 7, 2014
Core Tip

Core tip: Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for stage hepatectomy (ALPPS) is a novel surgical approach that was first reported in 2012. This surgical approach has revolutionized the management of patients with resectable liver tumors and inadequate future liver remnant volume. Nonetheless, the global preliminary experience is so far limited to the use in adult patients with small future liver remnant. With the favorable outcome in adult patients reported so far, we have adopted this technique to a young patient with a right liver hepatoblastoma and small left lateral section. To our knowledge, this is the first report that showed the feasibility of ALPPS in a pediatric patient.