Liver tumors present in various types and sizes often involve vital structures inside and around the liver. In the past decade, many patients presented to Dr. Sucandy’s clinic with advanced stages, deemed nonresectable by other surgeons in other hospitals. These patients had been evaluated for systemic chemotherapy and radiotherapy; however,
During the 2023 Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) meeting in Montreal Canada, Dr. Sucandy and his team presented a case of a robotic liver resection in man with a large precancerous liver tumor called hepatic adenoma. The video was selected as the best instructional video for the liver
At the beginning of December 2022, Dr. Sucandy continued his trip to Riyadh Saudi Arabia after leaving Italy to visit the largest organ transplant center in the Middle East. Dr Sucandy visited his colleagues Professor Dieter Broering, a German surgeon who is leading the Organ Transplant Center at King Faisal
Robotic bile duct resection for cancer near the liver hilum (perihilar cholangiocarcinoma) is known as the most technically difficult operation in liver surgery. The hilum is where all the blood vessels feeding the liver are located and also where the bile duct draining the liver is passing through. The anatomical
At the end of November 2022, Dr. Sucandy was invited by his colleague Professor DiBenedetto from the University of Modena to give a grand round regarding the application of robotic technology in Liver Surgery. The University of Modena is one of the major Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Units in Italy
In December 5th, 2022, Dr Sucandy was invited by his colleague Prof. Allesandro Anselmo from Rome, Italy to be the one of the expert panelists during a Masterclass Webinar covering robotic left hepatectomy operation. Prof Anselmo is a prominent minimally invasive hepatopancreatobiliary and a liver transplant surgeon in Europe. He
The advent of minimally invasive techniques in liver surgery had opened a new enthusiasm to develop understanding and novel techniques in liver surgery. In 1970s liver anatomy was not clear to most surgeons leading to a high complication rate and mortality after major liver resection. Only in the following decade
In March 2022, the International Hepatopancreatobiliary Association (IHPBA) Annual 2022 Meeting was held in New York City, where liver surgeons gathered from around the world. The IHPBA meeting is conducted every two years and it was attended by around 800 surgeons bringing the most current innovations, experience, technical tips, and
Last month, Dr. Sucandy and his team participated at the Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) in Orlando Florida as presenter and moderators for various surgical scientific sessions. Dr Sucandy’s trainee presented a clinical study led by Dr. Sucandy as the primary investigator regarding the effect of insurance status on postoperative outcomes
When you or your loved ones are diagnosed with colorectal cancer with liver metastasis, you need to have a liver surgeon in your treatment team. If you don’t, you need to find one. Many patients are treated by their medical oncology team without ever having a liver surgeon on board.
