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Outcomes after PSM RLR (n=46) p Nodule diameter (mm), median (range) 24 (8-65) 25 (6-150) 0.30
(n=46)
Operative time, min. (ds) 236 (89.8) 227 (83.1) 0.64
Pringle time, min. (ds) 25 (23.9) 15 (25.2) 0.12
After PSM (1:1)
Blood loss (cc) 194 (108) 136 (66) 0.04*
Two cohorts, 46 patients each,
R0, n. (%) 44 (97.8) 44 (97.8) >.999
Balanced age, sex, BMI, ASA
Underlying cirrhosis (100%)
Conversion (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) >.999
Single HCC <5 cm diameter (93.5%)
Morbidity
Non-anatomical PSS, IWATE 1-2
Biliary Fistula n. (%) 2 (4.3) 0 (0) 0.46
Bleeding n. (%) 0 (0) 3 (6.5) 0.24
↓blood loss in RLR
LOS, days n. (ds) 6.1 (2.5) 6.1 (2.5) >.999
Trend toward longer Pringle in LLR
90-day Mortality 0 (0) 0 (0) >.999 No difference in other endpoints
Conclusions:
RLR is non-inferior to LLR.
↓blood loss in IWATE 1-2 RLR for single HCC of <5 cm with cirrhosis.
Call for prospective studies of RLR vs. LLR in IWATE 3-4 resections.
Introducing minimally invasive liver surgery (MILS) in a tertiary center of Southern
Switzerland:
Reappraisal of the first 100 consecutive cases
Lorenzo Bernardi & Raffaello Roesel, Sotirios-Georgios Popeskou, Alice Vanoni-Colombo,
Fabio Garofalo, Dimitri Christoforidis, Pietro Majno-Hurst & Alessandra Cristaudi.
Department of Visceral Surgery, Cantonal Hospital of Lugano,
Department of Biomedical Science, Università della svizzera italiana (USI)
Background:
MILS program was implemented at our center in January 2015.
LLR introduction 2015-2022
31
introduction,
27
21
18 16 16
15 15
2
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Endpoints: Conversion to OLR, operative time (OT) blood loss, OLR LLR All
90-day morbidity (CD), 90-day major morbidity (CD ≥3), R0, OLR LLR p
Surgery details N=100 N=100
90-day mortality.
Results: 100 LLR and 100 consecutive OLR were included. Wedge resection, n (%) 36 (36) 53 (53) 0.13
Biliary fistula, n (%) 12 (12) 7 (7) 0.27 OT (min), median (range) 240 (120-540) 280 (145-590) 410 (225-750) 550 (130-1000) <0.01
Major morbidity, n (%) 23(23) 6 (6) 0.003
Conversion, n (%) 1 (3.2) 3 (8.6) 1 (6.2) 7 (39) 0.015
Mortality, n (n%) 1 (1) 1 (1) 1.0
OLR LLR Intra-op transfusion, n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (6.2) 3 (17) 0.40
Histology: p
N=100 N=100 Blood loss (ml), median (range) 200 (50-800) 200 (50-1000) 250 (100-1500) 400 (100-2500) <0.01
CRLM, n (%) 56 (56) 39 (39) 0.15 LOS (days), median (range) 5 (2-21) 5 (3-18) 7 (4-15) 9 (6-17) <0.01
HCC, n (%) 10 (10) 27 (27) 0.01
90-day morbidity, n (%) 6 (19) 5 (14.3) 3 (18.7) 7 (39) 0.44
CCA, n (%) 10 (10) 5 (5) 0.21
90-day major morbidity, n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (12.5) 4 (22) 0.50
Benign, n (%) 2 (2) 10 (10) 0.02
Other, n (%) 22 (22) 19 (19) 0.67 90-day mortality, n (n%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (5.5)
January – March 2022:
R0, n (%) 83 (83) 95 (95) 0.51
Conclusions: R0, n (%) 9/1233LLR,
31 (100%) (94%)PSS = 100%
15 (94) 15 (83) 0.98
Conversion = 0%
Laparoscopic liver surgery was implemented safely.
Morbidity = 11%
Difficulty of LLR is correlated with intra- but not post-
Major morbidity (CD ≥3) = 0
operative outcomes and R0 rate.
Hospital stay (median) = 3 days.