Dr Chetan Mahajan | Hepatobiliary | Himayatnagar, Hyderabad

Posted by sarath kumar on March 4th, 2020

Hepatobiliary Surgery is surgery that treats the Liver, bile duct and pancreas.

Some of the primary problems of the liver which the hepatobiliary surgeon treats are the primary cancers of the liver: cholangiocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma and sarcomas. The liver is a big organ that also gets metastatic cancers from the other organs like the colon.

Cholangiocarcinoma can also effect the bile ducts.

The primary problem with the pancreas is the cancer adenocarcinoma. Depending on the location of the cancer on the pancreas, there will be different types of surgery used for treatment.

Liver problems most likely be treated by removing the part of the liver where the problem is depending on the location and size of the tumor. This procedure can be a removal of the tumor or partial section of the tumor or a partial hepatectomy where part of the liver would have to be removed.

The best part of the liver is it is the only organ that can regrow. We only need 25 to 30 percent of the normal liver to live a healthy life. This depends on the type of liver you have. Some have cirrhosis the team has to calculate different things to determine how much of the liver you have to be left behind need to live a healthy life.