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Postoperative Abdominal Adhesions: Clinical Significance and Advances in Prevention and Management
Postoperative adhesions remain one of the more challenging issues in surgical practice. Although peritoneal adhesions occur after every abdominal operation, the density, time interval to develop symptoms, and ...
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Regret in Surgical Decision Making: A Systematic Review of Patient and Physician Perspectives
Regret is a powerful motivating factor in medical decision making among patients and surgeons. Regret can be particularly important for surgical decisions, which often carry significant risk and may have uncer...
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Albumin-Bilirubin Score: Predicting Short-Term Outcomes Including Bile Leak and Post-hepatectomy Liver Failure Following Hepatic Resection
Post-operative bile leak (BL) and post hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) are the major potential sources of morbidity among patients undergoing liver resection. We sought to define the incidence of BL and PHLF ...
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Validation of a Nomogram to Predict the Risk of Perioperative Blood Transfusion for Liver Resection
Nomograms may be important clinical tools to estimate the preoperative risk of transfusion and allow for preemptive arrangements for alternatives to allogeneic blood transfusions.
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Assessing Trends in Palliative Surgery for Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancies: A 15-Year Multicenter Study
Extrahepatic biliary malignancies are often diagnosed at an advanced stage. We compared patients with unresectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PHCC) and gallbladder cancer (GBC) who underwent a palliative pr...
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Liver-Directed Therapy in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Approximately 50–70 % of patients with colorectal cancer ultimately develop colorectal liver metastases. Determining which patients may benefit from aggressive treatment has historically been achieved through ...
