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Background: Refinement in perioperative chemotherapy coupled with surgical innovation improves prognosis in children with very high risk hepatoblastoma. Our aim was to evaluate and identify prognostic factors contributing to recurrence in hepatoblastoma resected along with adjacent structures.

Methods: An audit was conducted of patients surgically treated for hepatoblastoma at our center over 25 years.

Results: Thirty-six of 202 patients underwent resection of structures adjacent to the liver for suspected tumor spread. Over half (21/36) of patients underwent hepatectomy with resection of adjacent structures, and orthotopic liver or multi-visceral transplantation. Adjacent structures including lymph nodes, vascular structures, diaphragm, spleen, omentum, and stomach, showed viable tumor tissue in nineteen patients. Both overall survival and recurrence free survival were 75 % at a mean follow up of 113 months. Survival improved with a negative resection margin. Recurrence free survival decreased with tumor viability. Pathology subtypes showed distinct influence on survival.

Conclusion: This series shows favorable survival with aggressive surgical treatment. Adverse histology subtype, lung metastases, and resistance to chemotherapy are associated with higher risk of recurrence. Management at specialist centers with simultaneous hepatic resection and transplantation readily available, achieves optimum outcomes in this niche subgroup of children with advanced hepatoblastoma.

Background: Subtotal cholecystectomy (StC) is a recognised bail-out strategy for difficult cholecystectomy. The aim of the study was to analyse technical aspects and outcomes associated with subtypes of StC.

Method: All perioperative data of patients who underwent StC at Christchurch Hospital between June 2015 to September 2023 were retrospectively identified and analysed. The subtypes were classified as reconstituting (rStC), fenestrating (fStC), and remnant posterior wall (pwStC) subtotal cholecystectomy.

Results: Of the 6251 patients who underwent cholecystectomy, 422 (6.8 %) underwent StC, and 132 (31.3 %), 115 (27.3 %), 175 (41.5 %) underwent rStC, fStC and pwStC respectively.pwStC was generally associated with superior, and fStC inferior outcomes. In patients who had fStC, rStC and pwStC; 38 (33.0 %), 12 (9.1 %), 6 (3.4 %) developed bile leak (p < 0.001), 20 (17.4 %), 12 (9.1 %), 3 (1.7 %) developed intraabdominal collections (p < 0.001), and 28 (24.3 %), 10 (7.6 %) and 9 (5.1 %) required post-operative ERCP (p < 0.001), respectively. No difference in rates of delayed post-op biliary events including cholecystitis and choledocholithiasis were noted across the subgroups (p = 0.775).

Conclusion: There are technical variations of StC with different complication profiles. Surgeons should be aware of these nuances, as it may help inform decision making when faced with need to perform StC.

Background: Postoperative complications (POC) in surgery for hepatic cystic echinococcosis (HCE) still being frequent. Comorbidities as a risk factor has not yet been studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of CCI for POC in surgically treated HCE patients.

Methods: Nested case-control study. Patients undergoing elective surgery for HCE between 2011 and 2019; matched (1:1) by sex, cyst diameter and time follow-up were included. Cases were patients with CCI≥3; and controls, patients with CCI≤2. Primary outcome was POC. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analyses were applied. Logistic regression was used, odds ratios (OR) and their respective 95 % confidence intervals (CI95 %), were calculated.

Results: 226 patients (113 cases and 113 controls) were analyzed. Significant differences were verified between cases and controls in frequency of evolutionary complications of HCE (OR: 5.5; p = 0.0003); and major rate of ASA I-II in controls (OR: 0.07; p < 0.0001). A great rate of POC (OR: 3.58; p = 0.0002); and Clavien ≥ IIIb POC more frequent in cases were found (OR: 7.00; p = 0.031). Applying logistic regression model, CCI score≥3 was identified as an independent prognostic factor for POC (OR: 6.29 [CI95 %: 2.1-18.8; p < 0.01]).

Conclusion: In this study, cases showed higher frequency and severity of POC than controls.

Background: A universally accepted quality measure for gallstone surgery is lacking. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the duration of postoperative care, completion with laparoscopic approach, absence of procedure-related complications, and no readmission as criteria for Textbook Outcome (TO).

Methods: Data was collected from the Swedish National Register for Gallstone Surgery (GallRiks) 2007-2022. We analyzed postoperative stay as exposure and postoperative complications as outcome using Receiver Operation Characteristic (ROC). TO was defined as laparoscopically completed operations, discharge within three days after surgery, no postoperative complication > Clavien-Dindo 2, no contact with the care provider or new readmission/intervention within 30 days post-surgery. The outcome of TO was further validated based on patients 6 months postoperatively answering SF-36.

Results: A total of 193 201 cholecystectomies were analyzed. Using discharge within three days postoperatively as threshold, the sensitivity was 50 % and the specificity 87 % for predicting a surgery-related complication. The rate of TO in the entire cohort was 79,4 %. Those who met the TO criteria rated notably higher on physical and mental scoring 6 months postoperatively (both p < 0.05) than those who did not.

Conclusion: The postoperative period of care and TO are robust outcome measures for evaluating results after gallstone surgery.

Background: The aim of theis study was toevaluate impact of duration of neoadjuvant treatment (NAT) on surgical resection rate, resection margin, response to treatment, and survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Methods: All randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of NAT in patients with PDAC were included. Effect sizes were determined for surgical resection rate, R0 resection, radiological response to NAT and 1- to 5-years survival.

Results: Twenty-three RCTs (1880 patients) were included. NAT duration≤8 weeks was associated with significantly higher surgical resection rate [66.7 % (95 % CI 57.4 %-76.1 %)] compared with NAT duration >8 weeks [33.5 % (95 % CI 22.1 %-45.0 %)]. The difference remained significant when only resectable [73.9 % (95 % CI 64.3 %-83.5 %) vs 44.7 % (95 % CI 15.9 %-60.6.%)], borderline resectable [66.4 % (95 % CI 46.6 %-86.1 %) vs 22.5 % (95 % CI 18.2 %-26.8 %)], or mixed borderline resectable/locally advanced PDAC [60.6 % (95 % CI 48.2 %-73.0 %) vs 35.0 % (95 % CI 27.6 %-42.4 %)] were considered. Moreover, when only NAT with chemotherapy considered, resection rate remained significant in favour of NAT duration≤8. No significant difference was found in R0 resection rate, partial response, stable disease, or disease progression between two groups. Intention-to-treat respected 1-, 3-, 5-years survival were comparable.

Conclusions: NAT duration >8 weeks may be associated with a reduced surgical resection rate and no apparent improvement in negative resection margin in patients with PDAC, particularly borderline resectable cases. However, it may have comparable survival to NAT duration ≤8 weeks. Future randomised evidence is needed to overcome the limitations associated with current evidence.

Background: Borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (BR-PDAC) carries a high risk of early recurrence (ER) despite neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and surgery. Identifying ER predictors is essential to optimize surgical indication.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 70 patients with BR-PDAC, of whom 48 underwent resection. ER was defined as recurrence within 8 months. Pre- and post-NAC carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) levels were assessed using Cox regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.

Results: ER occurred in 18 patients (38%). Both pre-NAC (median, 699 vs. 71 U/mL; P = 0.010) and post-NAC CA19-9 levels (149 vs. 27 U/mL; P = 0.002) were significantly higher in ER patients. ROC curve analysis identified a post-NAC CA19-9 cutoff of 100 U/mL (area under the curve, 0.77) predicting ER. Patients with post-NAC CA19-9 ≥100 U/mL had significantly worse progression-free (hazard ratio [HR], 5.84; P < 0.001) and overall survival (HR, 6.36; P = 0.002). Notably, patients with ER had a similar OS to those who did not undergo surgery (HR, 0.93; P = 0.87).

Conclusions: Persistently elevated CA19-9 after NAC predicts ER and poor survival, suggesting limited benefit from resection. Post-NAC CA19-9 may help prevent futile pancreatectomy.