For patients, families, and primary care teams. From the team behind prehabforsurgery.com Hepatocellular carcinoma – HCC, the most common form of primary liver cancer – is genuinely different from most other cancers. It almost always arises in a liver that is already damaged: from chronic hepatitis B or C, alcohol-related liver disease, metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH,…
For patients, families, and primary care teams. From the team behind prehabforsurgery.com If you have been told that your bowel cancer has spread to the liver and that surgery is being considered, this article is for you. The first thing to know – and the most important – is that colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) are…
For patients, families, and primary care teams. From the team behind prehabforsurgery.com If you are facing a planned liver resection – whether for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver, cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer), Neuroendocrine tumour, or a benign liver tumour – the weeks before the operation matter. The liver is…
For patients, families, and GP teams. From the team behind prehabforsurgery.com If you have had – or are about to have – a distal pancreatectomy, a total pancreatectomy, or occasionally another HPB operation that involves removing the spleen, this article is for you. Living without a spleen, or with a spleen that no longer works…
For patients, families, and primary care teams. From the team behind prehabforsurgery.com. If you have had pancreatic surgery, or if you live with chronic pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, or pancreatic cancer, there is a good chance you have been prescribed pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy — PERT for short. The most commonly prescribed brand in Ireland and…
A guide for patients, families, and primary care teams from the team behind prehabforsurgery.com If you have had your pancreas removed – in part or in full – or if you live with chronic pancreatitis, there is a strong chance that you will develop a particular form of diabetes called type 3c diabetes. It is…
Total pancreatectomy is the rarest of the three main pancreatic operations and the one with the most consequential long-term implications. If you or a family member has been told this is the recommended treatment, you will already understand it is a significant undertaking. This page sets out what the published evidence actually shows about preparing…
If you have been told you need a distal pancreatectomy, you are likely already wading through online information of variable quality. This page sets out what the published evidence shows about preparing for the operation, what to expect on the day, and what recovery and long-term life look like afterwards. It is written for patients…
Few medical announcements land harder than “you need a Whipple”. The pancreatoduodenectomy – the formal name for what most patients call the Whipple procedure – is one of the most extensive operations in modern abdominal surgery, and the period between being told you need one and the day of operation is usually short. Most patients…