Background Meticulous selection of patients who can undergo the associating liver partition
with portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) procedure safely will be paramount …

Importance Despite improvements in perioperative mortality, the incidence of postoperative
surgical site infection (SSI) remains high after pancreatoduodenectomy. The effect of broad-…

Introduction: Hepatic resection for malignancy is limited by the amount of liver parenchyma
left behind. As a result, two-staged hepatectomy and portal vein occlusion (PVO) have …

Objective: To establish the association between bactibilia and postoperative complications
when stratified by perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis. Background: Patients undergoing …

… Ball 2 , Kimberly Bertens 4 , Elijah Dixon 2 , Chet W. Hammill 1 , Zachary Kastenberg 3 ,
Pippa H. Newell 1 , Flavio Rocha 4 , Brendan Visser 3 , Ronald F. …

Background Both fistula risk score (FRS) and drain amylase in postoperative day 1 (POD1DA)
have been promoted as tools to guide placement and removal of surgical drains following …

Background Propensity score (PS) analysis is a statistical method commonly used in
observational trials to account for confounding. Improper use of PS analysis can bias the effect …

During the fourth week of human embryonic development, the hepatic diverticulum, which is
the first anlage of the liver and bile ducts, appears from the ventral foregut. The hepatic …

Background The level of utilization and acceptance of the 2005 International Study Group for
Pancreatic Fistula (ISGPF) definition for postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) has not be …

The C‐terminal domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II plays critical roles
in the initiation, elongation and processing of primary transcripts. These activities are at …