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

Anastomotic leakage is one of the most severe complications after esophagectomy and is
associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. Several projects ranging …

Objective: To use the concept of benchmarking to establish robust and standardized
outcome references after pancreatico-duodenectomy (PD). Background: Best achievable …

Objective: The aim of this study was to define robust benchmark values for the surgical
treatment of perihilar cholangiocarcinomas (PHC) to enable unbiased comparisons …

This multicentric study of 17 high-volume centers presents 12 benchmark values for liver
transplantation. Those values, mostly targeting markers of morbidity, were gathered from …

Background & Aims The concept of benchmarking is established in the field of transplant
surgery; however, benchmark values for donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver …

Objective: To define benchmark values for liver transplantation (LT) in patients with perihilar
cholangiocarcinoma (PHC) enabling unbiased comparisons. Background: Transplantation …

Background No procedure-specific definitions in complication reporting have been
universally accepted in urological surgery, and conventional classification systems do not …

Objective: Patients undergoing an esophagectomy are often kept nil-by-mouth
postoperatively out of fear for increasing anastomotic leakage and pulmonary complications …

Over the last decades, the treatment of resectable esophageal cancer has evolved into a
multidisciplinary process in which all players are essential for treatment to be successful …