Liver and Pancreas Treatments
Contact Information
Phone: (608) 265-0500
Fax: (608) 252-0913
UW Health Liver and Pancreas surgeons collaborate with a clinical care team of medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, gastroenterologists, hepatologists, radiologists and pathologists to evaluate patients and determine the best course of treatment.
The Liver and Pancreas Program uses state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques that are less invasive, including new surgical techniques and innovative treatments for liver tumors. Among the novel treatments offered are:
- Minimally invasive resection, including laparoscopic pancreatectomy and hepatectomy
- Tumor ablation: Includes cryo-, radiofrequency or microwave ablation to allow for percutaneous or open ablation of liver tumors
- Directed radiotherapy: Administration of intra-arterial yttrium-90 labelled Theraspheres or SIR-spheres for patients with multifocal hepatic disease not amenable to resection or to other methods of ablation
- Portal vein embolization
- Hepatic arterial regional chemotherapy
- Two-stage hepatectomy
- Total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation
- Advanced Imaging
For patients with the certain conditions, the following treatments may be part of their treatment plan:
Liver
Bile Duct/Gallbladder
Pancreas
- Pancreatic head resection (Whipple Procedure)
- Pancreatic resections of the tail
- Drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts
- Drainage of an obstructed pancreatic duct (Peustow, Frey, or Beger procedure)
Stomach
