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    Ex situ arterial reconstruction prior normothermic machine perfusion of liver grafts

    Atypical variants of the hepatic artery are common and pose a technical challenge for normothermic machine perfusion (NMP). The transplant surgeon has three options when confronted with hepatic arterial variat...

    Felix Becker, Felicia Kneifel, Arne Riegel, Shadi Katou in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (2022)

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    Serum albumin at resection predicts in-hospital death, while serum lactate and aPTT on the first postoperative day anticipate anastomotic leakage after Ivor-Lewis-esophagectomy

    Anastomotic leakage (AL) is a major complication after esophagectomy, potentiating morbidity and mortality. There are several patient risk factors associated with AL, but high-fidelity postoperative predictors...

    Florian Scheufele, Thomas Vogel, Melanie Gasiorek in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (2022)

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    Mortality and postoperative complications after different types of surgical reconstruction following pancreaticoduodenectomy—a systematic review with meta-analysis

    Pancreaticoduodenectomy/PD is a technically demanding pancreatic resection. Options of surgical reconstruction include (1) the child reconstruction defined as pancreatojejunostomy/PJ followed by hepaticojejuno...

    Stephan Schorn, Ihsan Ekin Demir, Thomas Vogel in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (2019)