Matteo Serenari, Francesca Ratti, Nicola Guglielmo, Matteo Zanello, Federico Mocchegiani, Jacopo Lenzi, Michele Colledan, Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Umberto Cillo, Alessandro Ferrero, Matteo Cescon, Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Marco Massani, Gianluca Grazi, Raffaele Dalla Valle, Marco Vivarelli, Giuseppe Maria Ettorre, Luca Aldrighetti, Elio Jovine
BACKGROUND: Since 2012, Associating Liver Partition and Portal vein ligation for Staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) has encountered several modifications of its original technique. The primary endpoint of this study was to analyze the trend of ALPPS in Italy over a 10-year period. The secondary endpoint was to evaluate factors affecting the risk of morbidity/mortality/post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF). METHODS: Data of patients submitted to ALPPS between 2012 and 2021 were identified from the ALPPS Italian Registry and evaluation of time trends was performed...
July 2023: Surgical Endoscopy