Born and raised in Luxembourg, Xavier Muller is a general surgeon specializing in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery and liver transplantation. During his medical education and surgical training, he lived and worked in Brussels, Zurich and Paris. He is currently a senior surgical fellow at the Croix Rousse University Hospital in Lyon, France. In parallel to his clinical activity, Xavier obtained a PhD in biomedical sciences at the Claude Bernard University in Lyon, and has currently a research appointment at the Lyon Hepatology Institute where he focuses on developing novel organ preservation strategies. Through his experience as a surgeon-scientist, he has engaged in multidisciplinary works in the field of Philosophy of Medicine and Science focusing on topics such as technical activity, nature of disease and narration in modern medicine. [email protected]
by Xavier Muller Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer with an estimate of more than 150,000 new cases in 2024 in the United States (1, 2). In approximately one third of patients, colorectal cancer is metastatic at the time of diagnosis, meaning that cancer cells have already spread from the colon or rectum…
by X. Muller Lyon, France, Croix Rousse University Hospital, 1 AM, February 10, 2023. * Three hours into the surgery, I placed the surgical clamp on the upper part of the vena cava, the large vein carrying the deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the right atrium of the heart. This was the last…