Towards a standardization of learning curve assessment in minimally invasive liver surgery

C Kuemmerli, JMA Toti, F Haak, AT Billeter… - Annals of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim was to analyze the learning curves of minimal invasive liver surgery
(MILS) and propose a standardized reporting. Summary Background Data: MILS offers …

Revolutionizing organ transplantation with robotic surgery

DC Broering, DA Raptis, M Malago… - Annals of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of robotic techniques on organ
transplantation outcomes. Background: The evolution of organ transplantation is becoming …

Recommendations on robotic hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. The Paris jury-based consensus conference

C Hobeika, M Pfister, D Geller, A Tsung, A Chan… - Annals of …, 2025 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To establish the first consensus guidelines on the safety and indications of
robotics in Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary (HPB) surgery. The secondary aim was to identify …

Unlocking the power of benchmarking: real-world-time data analysis for enhanced sarcoma patient outcomes

B Fuchs, G Schelling, M Elyes, G Studer… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Benchmarking is a crucial tool for healthcare providers to improve quality
and efficiency, especially for complex conditions like sarcomas. Sarcomas are a type of …

Quality and outcome assessment for surgery

L Chiche, HK Yang, F Abbassi… - Annals of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
This forum summarizes the proceedings of the joint European Surgical Association
(ESA)/American Surgical Association (ASA) symposium on Quality and Outcome …

Core outcome sets and benchmarking complications: Defining best practices for standardized outcome reporting in liver transplantation

CJ Wehrle, FHC de Goeij, M Zhang… - Liver …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The comparison of outcomes in liver transplantation (LT) is hampered by using clinically non-
relevant surrogate endpoints and considerable variability in reported relevant post …

Defining benchmarks for total and distal gastrectomy: global multicentre analysis

MA Schneider, J Kim, F Berlth, Y Sugita… - British Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and ranks third for cancer-related
death 1, 2. Curative surgery with or without perioperative chemotherapy remains the …

Milestones in Surgical Complication Reporting: Clavien-Dindo Classification 20 Years and Comprehensive Complication Index 10 Years

F Abbassi, M Pfister, KL Lucas, A Domenghino… - Annals of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To provide improved guidance for the consistent application of the Clavien-Dindo
classification (CDC) and Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI®) in challenging clinical …

Impact of Back-to-Base Normothermic Machine Perfusion on Complications and Costs: A Multi-Center, Real-World Risk-Matched Analysis

CJ Wehrle, M Zhang, M Khalil, A Pita, JM Esfeh… - Annals of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Assess cost and complication outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) using
normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) Summary Background Data: End-ischemic NMP is …

Surgical Outcome Reporting. Moving from a Comic to a Tragic Opera?

F Abbassi, M Pfister, A Domenghino, MA Puhan… - Annals of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To assess the current quality of surgical outcome reporting in the medical
literature, and to provide recommendations for improvement. Background: In 1996, the …