Italy
Prof. Guido TORZILLI
Istituto Clinico Humanitas (IRCCS) · Rozzano-Milano
Hepatic Surgery, 3rd Department of General Surgery
Functions and titles
Associate Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Milan.
Head of the Hepatic Surgery Service, 3rd Department of General Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas (IRCCS), Rozzano-Milano
Head of the Hepatic Surgery Service, 3rd Department of General Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas (IRCCS), Rozzano-Milano
Specialty
Hepatobiliary surgery, interventional surgery and ultrasonography
Clinical activity themes
Hepatobiliary surgery and application of ultrasonography, particularly for per-operative staging (contrast-enhanced IOUS) and guidance of resections.
Hospital titles
1988–1993 - Internship, first department of surgery, University of Milan
1996 - Fellow of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, University of Tokyo
2000–2004 - Chief of the Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Hospital of Lodi
2006 - Chief of the Department of Hepatic Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan
1996 - Fellow of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, University of Tokyo
2000–2004 - Chief of the Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Hospital of Lodi
2006 - Chief of the Department of Hepatic Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan
University titles
1993 - Specialist in General Surgery, University of Milan
1999 - PhD in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, University of Tokyo
2006 - Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Milan
1999 - PhD in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, University of Tokyo
2006 - Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Milan
Address
Liver Surgery Unit, 3rd Department of General SurgeryUniversity of Milan, Istituto Clinico Humanitas (IRCCS)
Via Manzoni 56
I-20089 Rozzano - Milano, Italy
Main publications
- Torzilli G, Makuuchi M, Inoue K, … Zucchi A. No-mortality liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients. Arch Surg. 1999;134(9):984-92.
- Torzilli G, Makuuchi M, Midorikawa Y, … Kubota K. Liver resection without total vascular exclusion: hazardous or beneficial? Ann Surg. 2001;233(2):167-175.
- Torzilli G, Montorsi M, Donadon M, … Makuuchi M. « Radical but conservative », the main goal of ultrasound-guided liver resection. J Am Coll Surg. 2005;201(4):517-28.
- Torzilli G, Montorsi M, Del Fabbro D, … Makuuchi M. Ultrasonographically guided surgical approach to liver tumours involving the hepatic veins. Br J Surg. 2006;93(10):1238-1246.