Benchmarks in Liver Resection for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Benchmarking in surgery has been proposed as a means to compare results across institutions to establish best practices. We sought to define benchmark values for hepatectomy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) across an international population.

Methods

Patients who underwent liver resection for ICC between 1990 and 2020 were identified from an international database, including 14 Eastern and Western institutions. Patients operated on at high-volume centers who had no preoperative jaundice, ASA class <3, body mass index <35 km/m², without need for bile duct or vascular resection were chosen as the benchmark group.

Results

Among 1193 patients who underwent curative-intent hepatectomy for ICC, 600 (50.3%) were included in the benchmark grou

SUBMITTER: Alaimo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10997542 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature