The introduction of navigation in liver surgery in Brazil

Abstract

The authors thoroughly report the development, the technical aspects and the performance of the first navigated liver resections, by laparotomy and laparoscopy, in Brazil, done at the National Cancer Institute, Ministry of Health, using a surgical navigator.

Keywords

• Diagnostic techniques and procedures
• Imaging, three-dimensional
• Image processing, computer-assisted
• Liver
• Hepatectomy