Factors Associated with and Impact of Open Conversion in Laparoscopic and Robotic Minor Liver Resections: An International Multicenter Study of 10,541 Patients.


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:
15 Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 05 01 2024
accepted: 06 05 2024
medline: 16 6 2024
pubmed: 16 6 2024
entrez: 15 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Despite the increasing widespread adoption and experience in minimally invasive liver resections (MILR), open conversion occurs not uncommonly even with minor resections and as been reported to be associated with inferior outcomes. We aimed to identify risk factors for and outcomes of open conversion in patients undergoing minor hepatectomies. We also studied the impact of approach (laparoscopic or robotic) on outcomes. This is a post-hoc analysis of 20,019 patients who underwent RLR and LLR across 50 international centers between 2004-2020. Risk factors for and perioperative outcomes of open conversion were analysed. Multivariate and propensity score-matched analysis were performed to control for confounding factors. Finally, 10,541 patients undergoing either laparoscopic (LLR; 89.1%) or robotic (RLR; 10.9%) minor liver resections (wedge resections, segmentectomies) were included. Multivariate analysis identified LLR, earlier period of MILR, malignant pathology, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, previous abdominal surgery, larger tumor size, and posterosuperior location as significant independent predictors of open conversion. The most common reason for conversion was technical issues (44.7%), followed by bleeding (27.2%), and oncological reasons (22.3%). After propensity score matching (PSM) of baseline characteristics, patients requiring open conversion had poorer outcomes compared with successful MILR cases as evidenced by longer operative times, more blood loss, higher requirement for perioperative transfusion, longer duration of hospitalization and higher morbidity, reoperation, and 90-day mortality rates. Multiple risk factors were associated with conversion of MILR even for minor hepatectomies, and open conversion was associated with significantly poorer perioperative outcomes.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38879668
doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15498-0
pii: 10.1245/s10434-024-15498-0
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Subventions

Organisme : Research Project of Zhejiang Provincial Public Welfare Fund
ID : LGF20H160028
Organisme : US National Cancer Institute MSKCC Core Grant
ID : P30 CA008747

Investigateurs

Mikel Gastaca (M)
Juul Meurs (J)
Celine De Meyere (C)
Eric C H Lai (ECH)
Felix Krenzien (F)
Kit-Fai Lee (KF)
Pavel Tarakanov (P)
Ruslan Alikhanov (R)
Nita Thiruchelvam (N)
Jae Young Jang (JY)
Kevin P Labadie (KP)
Masayuki Kojima (M)
Asmund Avdem Fretland (AA)
Jacob Ghotbi (J)
Jaime Arthur Pirola Kruger (JAP)
Victor Lopez-Lopez (V)
Paolo Magistri (P)
Giammauro Berardi (G)
Marco Colasanti (M)
Margarida Casellas I Robert (M)
Edoardo Poletto (E)
Federica Cipriani (F)
Mizelle D'Silva (M)
Roberto Montalti (R)
Hao-Ping Wang (HP)
Shian Yu (S)
Zewei Chen (Z)
Simone Vani (S)
Francesco Ardito (F)
Ugo Giustizieri (U)
Davide Citterio (D)
Federico Mocchegiani (F)
Fabio Forchino (F)
Epameinondas Dogeas (E)
Tiing Foong Siow (TF)

Informations de copyright

© 2024. Society of Surgical Oncology.

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Auteurs

Mansour Saleh (M)

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

Franco Pascual (F)

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

Mohammed Ghallab (M)

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

Andrew G R Wu (AGR)

Ministry of Health Holdings Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Ken-Min Chin (KM)

Ministry of Health Holdings Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Francesca Ratti (F)

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

Mariano Cesare Giglio (MC)

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

Marco Garatti (M)

Department of Surgery, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy.

Phan Phuoc Nghia (PP)

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

Yutaro Kato (Y)

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

Chetana Lim (C)

Department of Digestive, HBP and Liver Transplantation, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France.

Paulo Herman (P)

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

Fabricio Ferreira Coelho (FF)

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

Moritz Schmelzle (M)

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.

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.

Davit L Aghayan (DL)

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

Qiu Liu (Q)

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

Marco V Marino (MV)

General Surgery Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy.
Oncologic Surgery Department, P. Giaccone University Hospital, Palermo, Italy.

Andrea Belli (A)

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

Adrian K H Chiow (AKH)

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

Iswanto Sucandy (I)

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

Arpad Ivanecz (A)

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

Fabrizio Di Benedetto (F)

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

Sung Hoon Choi (SH)

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

Jae Hoon Lee (JH)

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

James O Park (JO)

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

Mikel Prieto (M)

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

Yoelimar Guzman (Y)

General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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.

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.

Prashant Kadam (P)

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

Robert P Sutcliffe (RP)

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

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.

Chung Ngai Tang (CN)

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

Charing C Chong (CC)

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

Mathieu D'Hondt (M)

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

Bernardo Dalla Valle (B)

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

Andrea Ruzzenente (A)

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

T Peter Kingham (TP)

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

Olivier Scatton (O)

Department of Digestive, HBP and Liver Transplantation, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France.

Rong Liu (R)

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

Alejandro Mejia (A)

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

Kohei Mishima (K)

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

Go Wakabayashi (G)

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

Santiago Lopez-Ben (S)

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

Xiaoying Wang (X)

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

Alessandro Ferrero (A)

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

Giuseppe Maria Ettorre (GM)

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

Marco Vivarelli (M)

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

Vincenzo Mazzaferro (V)

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

Felice Giuliante (F)

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

Kazuteru Monden (K)

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

David Geller (D)

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

Kuo-Hsin Chen (KH)

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

Atsushi Sugioka (A)

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

Bjørn Edwin (B)

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

Tan-To Cheung (TT)

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

Tran Cong Duy Long (TCD)

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

Mohammad Abu Hilal (M)

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

Luca Aldrighetti (L)

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

Olivier Soubrane (O)

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

David Fuks (D)

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

Ho-Seong Han (HS)

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

Daniel Cherqui (D)

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

Brian K P Goh (BKP)

Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital and National Cancer Center Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. brian.goh@singhealth.com.sg.
Surgery Academic Clinical Programme, Duke-National University Singapore Medical School, Singapore, Singapore. brian.goh@singhealth.com.sg.

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