Background This study aims to compare the outcomes of high-volume, medium-volume, and
low-volume hospitals performing hepatic resections using a network meta-analysis. Methods …

Purpose Collective evidence from single-centre studies suggests an increasing incidence of
pilonidal sinus disease in the last decades, but population-based data is scarce. Methods …

The concept of a centre approach to the treatment of patients with complex disorders, such
as those with hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) diseases, is widely applied, although what is …

Abstract Background The German Cancer Society (DKG) board certifies hospitals in treating
esophageal, gastric, liver and pancreatic cancer among others. There has been no …

Background Higher-volume centers for pancreatic cancer surgeries have been shown to
have improved outcomes such as length of stay. We examined how centralization of …

Background This nationwide retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate impact of
hospital volume and influence of liver transplantation activity on postoperative mortality and …

The term “failure to rescue”(FTR) has been recently introduced in the field of hepato-biliary
surgery to label cases in which major postoperative complications lead to postoperative …

Purpose A correlation between the hospital volume and outcome is described for multiple
entities of oncological surgery. To date, this has not been analyzed for the surgical treatment …

Background The impact of hospital procedural volume on outcomes after hepatectomy
relative to other facility-related factors remains unclear. We sought to define the comparative …

Background Aim of the current study was to present the results of the implementation phase
of a robotic liver surgery program and to assess the validity of the IWATE difficulty score in …