Impact of Liver Cirrhosis, Severity of Cirrhosis, and Portal Hypertension on the Difficulty and Outcomes of Laparoscopic and Robotic Major Liver Resections for Primary Liver Malignancies.


Journal

Annals of surgical oncology
ISSN: 1534-4681
Titre abrégé: Ann Surg Oncol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9420840

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 14 07 2023
accepted: 17 09 2023
medline: 7 12 2023
pubmed: 8 11 2023
entrez: 7 11 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Minimally invasive liver resections (MILR) offer potential benefits such as reduced blood loss and morbidity compared with open liver resections. Several studies have suggested that the impact of cirrhosis differs according to the extent and complexity of resection. Our aim was to investigate the impact of cirrhosis on the difficulty and outcomes of MILR, focusing on major hepatectomies. A total of 2534 patients undergoing minimally invasive major hepatectomies (MIMH) for primary malignancies across 58 centers worldwide were retrospectively reviewed. Propensity score (PSM) and coarsened exact matching (CEM) were used to compare patients with and without cirrhosis. A total of 1353 patients (53%) had no cirrhosis, 1065 (42%) had Child-Pugh A and 116 (4%) had Child-Pugh B cirrhosis. Matched comparison between non-cirrhotics vs Child-Pugh A cirrhosis demonstrated comparable blood loss. However, after PSM, postoperative morbidity and length of hospitalization was significantly greater in Child-Pugh A cirrhosis, but these were not statistically significant with CEM. Comparison between Child-Pugh A and Child-Pugh B cirrhosis demonstrated the latter had significantly higher transfusion rates and longer hospitalization after PSM, but not after CEM. Comparison of patients with cirrhosis of all grades with and without portal hypertension demonstrated no significant difference in all major perioperative outcomes after PSM and CEM. The presence and severity of cirrhosis affected the difficulty and impacted the outcomes of MIMH, resulting in higher blood transfusion rates, increased postoperative morbidity, and longer hospitalization in patients with more advanced cirrhosis. As such, future difficulty scoring systems for MIMH should incorporate liver cirrhosis and its severity as variables.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Minimally invasive liver resections (MILR) offer potential benefits such as reduced blood loss and morbidity compared with open liver resections. Several studies have suggested that the impact of cirrhosis differs according to the extent and complexity of resection. Our aim was to investigate the impact of cirrhosis on the difficulty and outcomes of MILR, focusing on major hepatectomies.
METHODS METHODS
A total of 2534 patients undergoing minimally invasive major hepatectomies (MIMH) for primary malignancies across 58 centers worldwide were retrospectively reviewed. Propensity score (PSM) and coarsened exact matching (CEM) were used to compare patients with and without cirrhosis.
RESULTS RESULTS
A total of 1353 patients (53%) had no cirrhosis, 1065 (42%) had Child-Pugh A and 116 (4%) had Child-Pugh B cirrhosis. Matched comparison between non-cirrhotics vs Child-Pugh A cirrhosis demonstrated comparable blood loss. However, after PSM, postoperative morbidity and length of hospitalization was significantly greater in Child-Pugh A cirrhosis, but these were not statistically significant with CEM. Comparison between Child-Pugh A and Child-Pugh B cirrhosis demonstrated the latter had significantly higher transfusion rates and longer hospitalization after PSM, but not after CEM. Comparison of patients with cirrhosis of all grades with and without portal hypertension demonstrated no significant difference in all major perioperative outcomes after PSM and CEM.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
The presence and severity of cirrhosis affected the difficulty and impacted the outcomes of MIMH, resulting in higher blood transfusion rates, increased postoperative morbidity, and longer hospitalization in patients with more advanced cirrhosis. As such, future difficulty scoring systems for MIMH should incorporate liver cirrhosis and its severity as variables.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37936020
doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14376-5
pii: 10.1245/s10434-023-14376-5
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

97-114

Subventions

Organisme : National Cancer Institute MSKCC core grant
ID : P30 CA008747
Organisme : zhejiang provincial public welfare fund
ID : LGF20H160028

Investigateurs

Nicholas L Syn (NL)
Mikel Prieto (M)
Celine De Meyere (C)
Juul Meurs (J)
Kelvin K Ng (KK)
Kit-Fai Lee (KF)
Diana Salimgereeva (D)
Ruslan Alikhanov (R)
Nita Thiruchelvam (N)
Jae Young Jang (JY)
Masayuki Kojima (M)
Jaime Arthur Pirola Kruger (JAP)
Victor Lopez-Lopez (V)
Margarida Casellas I Robert (MCI)
Roberto Montalti (R)
Mariano Giglio (M)
Boram Lee (B)
Mizelle D'Silva (M)
Hao-Ping Wang (HP)
Franco Pascual (F)
Mansour Saleh (M)
Shian Yu (S)
Zewei Chen (Z)
Simone Vani (S)
Francesco Ardito (F)
Ugo Giustizieri (U)
Davide Citterio (D)
Federico Mocchegiani (F)
Marco Colasanti (M)
Giammauro Berardi (G)
Yoelimar Guzmán (Y)
Kevin P Labadie (KP)
Maria Conticchio (M)
Epameinondas Dogeas (E)
Emanuele F Kauffmann (EF)
Mario Giuffrida (M)
Daniele Sommacale (D)
Alexis Laurent (A)
Paolo Magistri (P)
Kohei Mishima (K)
Moritz Schmelzle (M)
Felix Krenzien (F)
Prashant Kadam (P)
Chung-Ngai Tang (CN)
Jacob Ghotbi (J)
Åsmund Avdem Fretland (ÅA)
Fabio Forchino (F)
Bernardo Dalla Valle (B)
Junhao Zheng (J)
Alessandro Mazzotta (A)
Phan Phuoc Nghia (PP)
Francois Cauchy (F)

Informations de copyright

© 2023. Society of Surgical Oncology.

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Auteurs

Federica Cipriani (F)

Hepatobiliary Surgery Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.

Luca Aldrighetti (L)

Hepatobiliary Surgery Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.

Francesca Ratti (F)

Hepatobiliary Surgery Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.

Andrew G R Wu (AGR)

Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Tousif Kabir (T)

Department of General Surgery, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

Olivier Scatton (O)

Department of Digestive, HBP, and Liver Transplantation, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.

Chetana Lim (C)

Department of Digestive, HBP, and Liver Transplantation, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.

Wanguang Zhang (W)

Hepatic Surgery Center and Hubei Key Laboratory of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Jasper Sijberden (J)

Department of Surgery, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy.

Davit L Aghayan (DL)

The Intervention Centre and Department of HPB Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Tiing-Foong Siow (TF)

Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Safi Dokmak (S)

Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Beaujon Hospital, University Paris Cite, Clichy, France.

Fabricio Ferreira Coelho (FF)

Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Paulo Herman (P)

Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Marco V Marino (MV)

General Surgery Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy.
General Surgery Department, F. Tappeiner Hospital, Merano, Italy.

Vincenzo Mazzaferro (V)

HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Milano and University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Adrian K H Chiow (AKH)

Hepatopancreatobiliary Unit, Department of Surgery, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

Iswanto Sucandy (I)

Digestive Health Institute, AdventHealth Tampa, Tampa, Florida, USA.

Arpad Ivanecz (A)

Department of Abdominal and General Surgery, University Medical Center Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.

Sung-Hoon Choi (SH)

Department of General Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea.

Jae Hoon Lee (JH)

Division of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Mikel Gastaca (M)

Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain.

Marco Vivarelli (M)

HPB Surgery and Transplantation Unit, United Hospital of Ancona, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Polytechnic, University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.

Felice Giuliante (F)

Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

Andrea Ruzzenente (A)

General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Gynecology, and Pediatrics, University of Verona, GB Rossi Hospital, Verona, Italy.

Chee-Chien Yong (CC)

Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Mengqiu Yin (M)

Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Jinhua, China.

Constantino Fondevila (C)

General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, CIBERehd, Madrid, Spain.

Mikhail Efanov (M)

Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia.

Zenichi Morise (Z)

Department of Surgery, Okazaki Medical Center, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Okazaki, Japan.

Fabrizio Di Benedetto (F)

HPB Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.

Raffaele Brustia (R)

Department of Digestive and Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, AP-HP, Henri-Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France.

Raffaele Dalla Valle (R)

Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

Ugo Boggi (U)

Division of General and Transplant Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

David Geller (D)

Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Andrea Belli (A)

Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgical Oncology, Department of Abdominal Oncology, National Cancer Center - IRCCS-G. Pascale, Naples, Italy.

Riccardo Memeo (R)

Unit of Hepato-Pancreatc-Biliary Surgery, "F. Miulli" General Regional Hospital, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari, Italy.

Salvatore Gruttadauria (S)

Department for the Treatment and Study of Abdominal Diseases and Abdominal Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico-Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IRCCS-ISMETT), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Italy, Palermo, Italy.
Department of General Surgery and Medical Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

Alejandro Mejia (A)

The Liver Institute, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

James O Park (JO)

Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.

Fernando Rotellar (F)

HPB and Liver Transplant Unit, Department of General Surgery, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Institute of Health Research of Navarra (IdisNA), Pamplona, Spain.

Gi-Hong Choi (GH)

Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Ricardo Robles-Campos (R)

Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Clinic and University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, IMIB-ARRIXACA, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain.

Xiaoying Wang (X)

Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Robert P Sutcliffe (RP)

Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.

Johann Pratschke (J)

Department of Surgery, Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.

Eric C H Lai (ECH)

Department of Surgery, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Charing C N Chong (CCN)

Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Mathieu D'Hondt (M)

Department of Digestive and Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic Surgery, Groeninge Hospital, Kortrijk, Belgium.

Kazuteru Monden (K)

Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.

Santiago Lopez-Ben (S)

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Dr. Josep Trueta Hospital, IdIBGi, Girona, Spain.

T Peter Kingham (TP)

Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.

Alessandro Ferrero (A)

Department of General and Oncological Surgery, Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy.

Giuseppe Maria Ettorre (GM)

Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy.

Daniel Cherqui (D)

Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Centre Hepato-Biliaire, Paul-Brousse Hospital, Villejuif, France.

Xiao Liang (X)

Department of General Surgery, Sir Run-Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

Olivier Soubrane (O)

Department of Digestive, Oncologic and Metabolic Surgery, Institute Mutualiste Montsouris, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France.

Go Wakabayashi (G)

Center for Advanced Treatment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases, Ageo Central General Hospital, Saitama, Japan.

Roberto I Troisi (RI)

Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Division of HPB, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Federico II University Hospital Naples, Naples, Italy.

Tan-To Cheung (TT)

Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Yutaro Kato (Y)

Department of Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.

Atsushi Sugioka (A)

Department of Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.

Ho-Seong Han (HS)

Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital Bundang, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Tran Cong Duy Long (TCD)

Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, University Medical Center, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Qu Liu (Q)

Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China.

Rong Liu (R)

Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China.

Bjørn Edwin (B)

The Intervention Centre and Department of HPB Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

David Fuks (D)

Department of Digestive, Oncologic and Metabolic Surgery, Institute Mutualiste Montsouris, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France.

Kuo-Hsin Chen (KH)

Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Mohammad Abu Hilal (M)

Department of Surgery, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy.
Department of Surgery, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.

Brian K P Goh (BKP)

Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital and National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. bsgkp@hotmail.com.
Surgery Academic Clinical Programme, Duke National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore, Singapore. bsgkp@hotmail.com.

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