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Stage-by-stage analysis of the effect of blood transfusion on survival after curative hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma—a retrospective study
ObjectiveThis study is to examine the impact of perioperative (intraoperative/postoperative) blood transfusion on the outcomes of curative...
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Incidentalomas are associated with an increase in liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis: a single-center retrospective study
BackgroundIncidentalomas, defined as incidental findings on imaging, are a growing concern. Our aim was to determine the impact and outcomes of...
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Differentiation of malignant from non-malignant portal vein thrombosis in liver cirrhosis: the challenging dilemma
BackgroundPVT is an ultrasonographic finding in up to 8% of patients with liver cirrhosis. Once hepatocellular carcinoma has occurred as the final...
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Liver cirrhosis: relationship between fibrosis-associated hepatic morphological changes and portal hemodynamics using four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging
PurposeThe mechanisms underlying the morphological changes in liver cirrhosis remain unknown. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between...
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Evaluation of Safety-Related Outcomes of One-Segment and More-Than-One-Segment High-Level Hepatectomy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Based on the Japanese Board Certification System
BackgroundWe evaluated the impact of the Japanese board certification system for expert surgeons (JBCSES) on complications and survival outcomes in...
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A common variant in the hepatobiliary phospholipid transporter ABCB4 modulates liver injury in PBC but not in PSC: prospective analysis in 867 patients
BackgroundThe ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 4 ( ABCB4 ) gene encodes the hepatic phospholipid transporter. Variants in the ABCB4 gene are...
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Neonatal diagnosis of biliary atresia: a practical review and update
Biliary atresia is challenging to diagnose because many of the clinical and imaging features of this condition overlap with those of other causes of...
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Can 3D imaging modeling recognize functional tissue and predict liver failure? A retrospective study based on 3D modelling of the major hepatectomies after hepatic modulation
BackgroundThanks to the introduction of radiomics, 3d reconstruction can be able to analyse tissues and recognise true hypertrophy from...
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Laparoscopic versus open Kasai procedure for biliary atresia: long-term results of a randomized clinical trial
PurposeThe role of the laparoscopic approach for the Kasai procedure in the management of biliary atresia is still controversial. The aim of this...
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Imaging of fibropolycystic liver disease
Fibropolycystic liver diseases (FLDs) make up a rare spectrum of heritable hepatobiliary diseases resulting from congenital ductal plate...
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Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver clinical practice guidelines on liver transplantation
Liver transplantation is a highly complex and challenging field of clinical practice. Although it was originally developed in western countries, it...
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Complications of lymphoma in the abdomen and pelvis: clinical and imaging review
Involvement of the abdomen and pelvis is common in lymphoma. Nodal and extranodal abdominal and pelvic lymphoma may present with various...
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Increased Morbidity and Mortality of Patients with Non-cirrhotic Portal Vein Thrombosis After Abdominal and Pelvic Surgeries: a Study of the National Inpatient Sample 2002 to 2015
BackgroundA higher rate of postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients with portal hypertension from cirrhosis is well recognized; however, the...
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Development and validation of the OSASH score to predict overall survival of hepatocellular carcinoma after surgical resection: a dual-institutional study
ObjectiveTo develop and validate a risk score based on preoperative clinical-radiological parameters for predicting overall survival (OS) in patients...
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Factors Related to Textbook Outcome in Laparoscopic Liver Resections: a Single Western Centre Analysis
IntroductionThe selection of the most informative quality of care indicator for laparoscopic liver surgery (LLS) is still debated; among those...
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Pancreaticobiliary Malignancies in the Emergency Room: Management of Acute Complications and Oncological Emergencies
BackgroundManagement of pancreaticobiliary (PB) malignancies remains a clinical challenge. In this review, we focus on the management of oncological...
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Anterior approach in situ resection for total laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy
BackgroundLaparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) is gaining popularity in last decade. However, it is still technical challenging to perform LPD...
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