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. 2023 May;37(5):3580-3592.
doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09765-y. Epub 2023 Jan 9.

Transatlantic registries for minimally invasive liver surgery: towards harmonization

Nicky van der Heijde #  1   2   3 , Burak Görgec #  1   2   3   4 , Joal D Beane #  5 , Francesca Ratti #  6 , Giulio Belli  7 , Andrea Benedetti Cacciaguerra  4   8 , Fulvio Calise  7 , Umberto Cillo  9 , Marieke T De Boer  10 , Alexander M Fagenson  11 , Åsmund A Fretland  12 , Elizabeth M Gleeson  13 , Michelle R de Graaff  14   15 , Niels F M Kok  16 , Kristoffer Lassen  12 , Marcel J van der Poel  2   3 , Andrea Ruzzenente  17 , Robert P Sutcliffe  18 , Bjørn Edwin #  12 , Luca Aldrighetti #  6 , Henry A Pitt #  19 , Mohammad Abu Hilal #  20   21 , Marc G Besselink #  22   23
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Transatlantic registries for minimally invasive liver surgery: towards harmonization

Nicky van der Heijde et al. Surg Endosc. 2023 May.

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  • Correction: Transatlantic registries for minimally invasive liver surgery: towards harmonization.
    van der Heijde N, Görgec B, Beane JD, Ratti F, Belli G, Benedetti Cacciaguerra A, Calise F, Cillo U, De Boer MT, Fagenson AM, Fretland ÅA, Gleeson EM, de Graaff MR, Kok NFM, Lassen K, van der Poel MJ, Ruzzenente A, Sutcliffe RP, Edwin B, Aldrighetti L, Pitt HA, Abu Hilal M, Besselink MG. van der Heijde N, et al. Surg Endosc. 2023 May;37(5):4112. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-09887-x. Surg Endosc. 2023. PMID: 36717429 No abstract available.

Abstract

Background: Several registries focus on patients undergoing minimally invasive liver surgery (MILS). This study compared transatlantic registries focusing on the variables collected and differences in baseline characteristics, indications, and treatment in patients undergoing MILS. Furthermore, key variables were identified.

Methods: The five registries for liver surgery from North America (ACS-NSQIP), Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, and Europe were compared. A set of key variables were established by consensus expert opinion and compared between the registries. Anonymized data of all MILS procedures were collected (January 2014-December 2019). To summarize differences for all patient characteristics, treatment, and outcome, the relative and absolute largest differences (RLD, ALD) between the smallest and largest outcome per variable among the registries are presented.

Results: In total, 13,571 patients after MILS were included. Both 30- and 90-day mortality after MILS were below 1.1% in all registries. The largest differences in baseline characteristics were seen in ASA grade 3-4 (RLD 3.0, ALD 46.1%) and the presence of liver cirrhosis (RLD 6.4, ALD 21.2%). The largest difference in treatment was the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (RLD 4.3, ALD 20.6%). The number of variables collected per registry varied from 28 to 303. From the 46 key variables, 34 were missing in at least one of the registries.

Conclusion: Despite considerable variation in baseline characteristics, indications, and treatment of patients undergoing MILS in the five transatlantic registries, overall mortality after MILS was consistently below 1.1%. The registries should be harmonized to facilitate future collaborative research on MILS for which the identified 46 key variables will be instrumental.

Keywords: Laparoscopic liver surgery; Liver surgery; Minimally invasive liver surgery; Nationwide registries; Robotic liver surgery.

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