Postoperative complications represent a major public health burden worldwide. Without
standardized, clinically relevant and universally applied endpoints, the evaluation of surgical …

Background Frailty is a state of vulnerability to poor resolution of homeostasis following a
stressor event, such as chemotherapy or cancer surgery. Better knowledge of the …

Background The benefit and safety of laparoscopic pancreatoduodenectomy (LPD) for the
treatment of pancreatic or periampullary tumours remain controversial. Studies have shown …

Background Cytoreductive nephrectomy has been the standard of care in metastatic renal-
cell carcinoma for 20 years, supported by randomized trials and large, retrospective studies …

The morphometry of a kidney tumor revealed by contrast-enhanced Computed Tomography
(CT) imaging is an important factor in clinical decision making surrounding the lesion's …

Purpose To develop a new adverse event (AE) classification for the interventional radiology
(IR) procedures and evaluate its clinical, research, and educational value compared with the …

Interventional radiology provides a wide variety of vascular, nonvascular, musculoskeletal,
and oncologic minimally invasive techniques aimed at therapy or palliation of a broad …

Purpose Prior to publication of the Clavien-Dindo classification in 2004, there were no
grading definitions for surgical complications in either clinical practice or surgical trials. This …

Objective: To develop and validate a comprehensive complication index (CCI) that
integrates all events with their respective severity. Background: Reporting of surgical …

Summary Background The standardized Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical
complications is applied as a simple and widely used tool to assess and report …