objectiv studi correl discrep between childpugh system indocyanin green icg clearanc test assess liver function reserv explor possibl combin two system gain overal liver function assess design retrospect analysi 2832 hepatocellular carcinoma hcc patient grade childpugh childpugh icg clearanc test be perform conduct result icg retent rate 15 minut icg15 correl childpugh score howev larg varianc platelet count improv correl between childpugh score icg15 icg15 can estim use follow regress formula estim icg15 eicg15 451 0435 bilirubin 0917 albumin 0491 prothrombin time 00283 platelet patient eicg15 200 who underw major hepatectomi had tendenc toward more posthepatectomi liver failur 41 versus 80 higher inhospit mortal 37 versus 80 they also had shorter median overal surviv versus year diseasefre surviv versus year conclus eicg15 can predict from childpugh paramet platelet count eicg15 correl inhospit mortal after major hepatectomi predict longterm surviv

Kin-Pan Au

See-Ching Chan

Kenneth Siu-Ho Chok

Albert Chi-Yan Chan

Tan-To Cheung

Kelvin Kwok-Chai Ng

Chung-Mau Lo

Child-Pugh Parameters and Platelet Count as an Alternative to ICG Test for Assessing Liver Function for Major Hepatectomy

introduct gallbladd carcinoma gbc most common malign biliari tract third most common gastrointestin tract malign this studi examin larg cohort gbc patient unite state effort defin demograph clinic patholog featur impact clinic outcom method demograph clinic data 22343 gbc patient abstract from seer databas 1973 2013 result gbc present most often among caucasian 639 femal 707 poor moder differenti 425 382 tumor lymph node involv 882 surgeri alon most common treatment modal gbc patient 550 combin surgeri radiat 106 achiev signific longer surviv rate compar surgeri alon versus year overal mortal 870 cancerspecif mortal 754 conclus gbc uncommon malign present most often among femal 8th decad life over third case present distant metastasi the incid gbc has doubl last decad concurr increas cholecystectomi rate attribut part improv histopatholog detect well laparoscop advanc enhanc endoscop techniqu surgic resect confer signific surviv benefit gbc patient

Christine S. M. Lau

Aleksander Zywot

Krishnaraj Mahendraraj

Ronald S. Chamberlain

Gallbladder Carcinoma in the United States: A Population Based Clinical Outcomes Study Involving 22,343 Patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result Database (1973&#x2013;2013)

pseudocyst recognis complic follow acut chronic pancreat usualli locat peripancreat area have also been report occur atyp region like liver pelvi spleen mediastinum mediastin pseudocyst rare entiti present myriad symptom due uniqu locat they clinic challeng diagnos manag paper describ clinic radiolog characterist mediastin pseudocyst 7 our patient well our experi manag patient along clinic outcom

Durairaj Segamalai

Abdul Rehman Abdul Jameel

Naveen Kannan

Amudhan Anbalagan

Benet Duraisamy

Prabhakaran Raju

Kannan Devy Gounder

Mediastinal Pseudocyst: Varied Presentations and Management&#x2014;Experience from a Tertiary Referral Care Centre in India

introduct postop pancreat fistula format remain major complic after distal pancreatectomi our institut have recent develop novel bovin serum albuminglutaraldehyd seal hand sutur fishmouth closur techniqu pancreat remnant dure distal pancreatectomi the aim studi analyz impact approach regard technic feasibl overal postop outcom patient method 32 patient who underw bovin serum albuminglutaraldehyd seal hand sutur fishmouth closur pancreat remnant dure distal pancreatectomi between 2012 2014 our institut were analyz clinic relev postop pancreat fistula format grade accord isgpf definit overal postop morbid result three out 32 patient 94 develop grade pancreat fistula which could treat conserv grade pancreat fistula were observ postpancreatectomi hemorrhag occur 1 patient 31 overal postop complic clavien were observ 5 patient 156 there postop mortal conclus the perform bovin serum albuminglutaraldehyd seal hand sutur fishmouth closur pancreat remnant shown technic feasibl may lead signific decreas postop pancreat fistula format after distal pancreatectomi

Fritz Klein

Igor Maximilian Sauer

Johann Pratschke

Marcus Bahra

Bovine Serum Albumin-Glutaraldehyde Sealed Fish-Mouth Closure of the Pancreatic Remnant during Distal Pancreatectomy

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Child-Pugh Parameters and Platelet Count as an Alternative to ICG Test for Assessing Liver Function for Major Hepatectomy

Gallbladder Carcinoma in the United States: A Population Based Clinical Outcomes Study Involving 22,343 Patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result Database (1973–2013)

Mediastinal Pseudocyst: Varied Presentations and Management—Experience from a Tertiary Referral Care Centre in India

Bovine Serum Albumin-Glutaraldehyde Sealed Fish-Mouth Closure of the Pancreatic Remnant during Distal Pancreatectomy