Learning curves in minimally invasive hepatectomy: systematic review and meta-regression analysis

D Chua, N Syn, YX Koh, BKP Goh - British Journal of Surgery, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Minimally invasive hepatectomy (MIH) has become an important option for the
treatment of various liver tumours. A major concern is the learning curve required. The aim of …

The Southampton consensus guidelines for laparoscopic liver surgery: from indication to implementation

MA Hilal, L Aldrighetti, I Dagher, B Edwin… - Annals of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The European Guidelines Meeting on Laparoscopic Liver Surgery was held in
Southampton on February 10 and 11, 2017 with the aim of presenting and validating clinical …

Toward a Standardization of Learning Curve Assessment in Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery

C Kuemmerli, JMA Toti, F Haak, AT Billeter… - Annals of …, 2025 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim was to analyze the learning curves of minimal invasive liver surgery
(MILS) and propose standardized reporting. Background: MILS offers benefits compared …

A novel model for prediction of pure laparoscopic liver resection surgical difficulty

Y Hasegawa, GO Wakabayashi, H Nitta, T Takahara… - Surgical …, 2017 - Springer
Background Extending the clinical indications for laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) should
be carefully considered based on a surgeon's experience and skill. However, objective …

Conversion for unfavorable intraoperative events results in significantly worse outcomes during laparoscopic liver resection: lessons learned from a multicenter review …

MC Halls, F Cipriani, G Berardi, L Barkhatov… - Annals of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To investigate the risk factors for conversion during laparoscopic liver resection
and its effect on patient outcome in a large cohort of patients. Additional analysis of …

Real-time navigation for laparoscopic hepatectomy using image fusion of preoperative 3D surgical plan and intraoperative indocyanine green fluorescence imaging

P Zhang, H Luo, W Zhu, J Yang, N Zeng, Y Fan… - Surgical …, 2020 - Springer
Background Understanding the internal anatomy of the liver remains a major challenge in
anatomical liver resection. Although virtual hepatectomy and indocyanine green (ICG) …

Changing trends and outcomes associated with the adoption of minimally invasive hepatectomy: a contemporary single-institution experience with 400 consecutive …

BKP Goh, SY Lee, JY Teo, JH Kam, PR Jeyaraj… - Surgical …, 2018 - Springer
Background Several studies published mainly from pioneers and early adopters have
documented the evolution of minimally invasive hepatectomy (MIH). However, questions …

The Asia Pacific consensus statement on laparoscopic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: a report from the 7th Asia-Pacific primary liver cancer expert …

TT Cheung, HS Han, WH She, KH Chen, PKH Chow… - Liver cancer, 2018 - karger.com
Background: Laparoscopic liver resection has been gaining momentum, and it has become
an accepted practice after the two international consensus conferences where experts …

Impact of liver cirrhosis on the difficulty of minimally-invasive liver resections: a 1: 1 coarsened exact-matched controlled study

BKP Goh, N Syn, SY Lee, YX Koh, JY Teo, JH Kam… - Surgical …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction The impact of liver cirrhosis on the difficulty of minimal invasive liver resection
(MILR) remains controversial and current difficulty scoring systems do not take in to account …

Risk factors and outcomes of open conversion during minimally invasive major hepatectomies: an international multicenter study on 3880 procedures comparing the …

R Montalti, MC Giglio, AGR Wu, F Cipriani… - Annals of Surgical …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Despite the advances in minimally invasive (MI) liver surgery, most major
hepatectomies (MHs) continue to be performed by open surgery. This study aimed to …