{"title":"Multiple liver abscesses caused by <i>Streptococcus intermedius</i>.","authors":"Xinyu Zhang, Qing Zhang, Shu Zhang","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-343","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-24-343","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"13 5","pages":"917-918"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534788/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142592489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Di Sessa, Giusy Capasso, Paola Tirelli, Emanuele Miraglia Del Giudice, Pierluigi Marzuillo
{"title":"Transition process in children with chronic liver diseases: what is the challenging point?","authors":"Anna Di Sessa, Giusy Capasso, Paola Tirelli, Emanuele Miraglia Del Giudice, Pierluigi Marzuillo","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-354","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-24-354","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"13 5","pages":"854-856"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534767/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kun He, Xiaxiao Yan, Miaoyan Zhang, Zhiwei Wang, Dong Wu
{"title":"Withered branch-like changes of intrahepatic bile ducts: a rare complication of acute severe biliary pancreatitis.","authors":"Kun He, Xiaxiao Yan, Miaoyan Zhang, Zhiwei Wang, Dong Wu","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-394","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-24-394","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"13 5","pages":"913-916"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534789/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michele Finotti, Anji Wall, Anthony D'Alessandro, Gary Schwartz, Chris Sonnenday, David Goldberg, Ashish Shah, Peter Friend, Jeff P Orlowski, Greg McKenna, Steve Newton, Brad Adams, William C Chapman, Amit Mathur, Marwan Abouljoud, Tim Pruett, Amelia Hessheimer, James F Trotter, Sumeet K Asrani, Giuliano Testa
{"title":"The Dallas Donation after Circulatory Death Transplantation Summit: expanding donation after circulatory death procedures through process improvement, broader utilization, and innovation.","authors":"Michele Finotti, Anji Wall, Anthony D'Alessandro, Gary Schwartz, Chris Sonnenday, David Goldberg, Ashish Shah, Peter Friend, Jeff P Orlowski, Greg McKenna, Steve Newton, Brad Adams, William C Chapman, Amit Mathur, Marwan Abouljoud, Tim Pruett, Amelia Hessheimer, James F Trotter, Sumeet K Asrani, Giuliano Testa","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-23-503","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-23-503","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite a significant increase in utilization over the past decade, the number of donation after circulatory death (DCD) organs that are procured and transplanted in the United States (US) remains well below its potential. There is still room for expansion, as utilizing DCD organs to the fullest extent is currently the most viable solution to the persistent mismatch between supply and demand in transplantation. We convened a multidisciplinary transplantation summit to examine various aspects of DCD, with faculty members from around the world with clinical and academic interest in DCD donation and transplantation, including abdominal and cardiothoracic surgeons, organ procurement organization directors, hepatologists, and gastroenterologists. The conference focused on identifying barriers to DCD organ utilization and strategies to overcome these barriers. We divide the barriers to DCD utilization into three mains categories: (I) policy and process variation; (II) logistical and transportation challenges; and (III) higher risk perceptions related to DCD outcomes. For each barrier, we proposed a variety of solutions, providing an overview of the status of DCD donation in the US and suggestions on how to increase the use of DCD. There is a specific focus on ex situ machine perfusion, normothermic regional perfusion, and other opportunities to expand DCD utilization without negatively impacting recipient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"13 5","pages":"824-836"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534777/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ji Hye Heo, Mi Yeon Lee, Seong Hwan Kim, Ming-Hua Zheng, Christopher D Byrne, Giovanni Targher, Ki-Chul Sung
{"title":"Comparative associations of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease with risk of incident chronic kidney disease: a cohort study.","authors":"Ji Hye Heo, Mi Yeon Lee, Seong Hwan Kim, Ming-Hua Zheng, Christopher D Byrne, Giovanni Targher, Ki-Chul Sung","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-23-558","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-23-558","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>We examined the comparative associations between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) definitions with risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) and abnormal albuminuria.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cohort study of 214,145 Korean adults with normal kidney function at baseline who underwent liver ultrasonography. Participants were further subdivided into no steatotic liver disease (no-SLD), NAFLD-only, MASLD-only, both NAFLD and MASLD, and SLD not categorized as NAFLD or MASLD groups. Cox proportional hazards models were used to analyze the risk of incident CKD and albuminuria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared with either the no-NAFLD or no-MASLD groups, the NAFLD and MASLD groups were associated with a higher risk of incident CKD (NAFLD: adjusted hazard ratio (HR), 1.18 [95% CI, 1.01-1.38]; MASLD: adjusted HR, 1.21 [95% CI, 1.04-1.39]). Among the five subgroups, both NAFLD and MASLD group had the strongest association with risk of incident CKD (adjusted HR, 1.21 [95% CI, 1.04-1.42]). The MASLD-only group had the strongest association with incident abnormal albuminuria, with an adjusted HR comparable to that of the both NAFLD and MASLD group (adjusted HR 1.96 [95% CI, 1.44-2.67] for the MASLD-only, and adjusted HR 1.98 [95% CI, 1.58-2.49] for the both NAFLD and MASLD group versus the no-SLD group). The NAFLD-only group was not independently associated with risk of CKD or abnormal albuminuria.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings suggest that MASLD definition identifies individuals at high risk of developing incident CKD or abnormal albuminuria better than NAFLD definition.</p>","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"13 5","pages":"801-813"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534778/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wanying Liao, Qiang Wang, Qingwei Jiang, Xi Wu, Yingyun Yang, Aiming Yang
{"title":"Enhancing diagnostic strategies for biliary strictures: an evolving landscape.","authors":"Wanying Liao, Qiang Wang, Qingwei Jiang, Xi Wu, Yingyun Yang, Aiming Yang","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-447","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-24-447","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"13 5","pages":"885-887"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534772/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The lymphatic vessels of the liver observed by Frederik Ruysch.","authors":"Thomas M van Gulik","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-536","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-24-536","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"13 5","pages":"757-758"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534774/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robotic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: a new dawn?","authors":"Charing Ching-Ning Chong","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-332","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-24-332","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"13 5","pages":"845-846"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534784/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical practice guidelines for acute pancreatitis in the United States and Japan: similarities and differences.","authors":"Yasuo Otsuka, Ikue Sekai, Yasuhiro Masuta, Kosuke Minaga, Tomohiro Watanabe, Masatoshi Kudo","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-404","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-24-404","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"13 5","pages":"869-872"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534771/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hye-Sung Jo, Pyoung-Jae Park, Young-Dong Yu, Yoo Jin Choi, Se Hyeon Yu, Dong-Sik Kim
{"title":"Clinical significance of surgical resection for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein invasion: a nationwide cohort study.","authors":"Hye-Sung Jo, Pyoung-Jae Park, Young-Dong Yu, Yoo Jin Choi, Se Hyeon Yu, Dong-Sik Kim","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-23-578","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-23-578","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein invasion (PVI) is considered an advanced stage with a poor prognosis. Although current guidelines recommend systemic treatment for HCC with PVI, surgical resection could produce acceptable outcomes in selected patients. This study aimed to identify the clinical significance of surgical resection for HCC with PVI patients using a large-scale nationwide registry.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective, multicenter, observational cohort analyzed data from the Korean Primary Liver Cancer Registry. A total of 16,781 patients who were newly diagnosed with HCC between 2008 and 2018 were enrolled in this study. Patients with worse Child-Turcotte-Pugh scores (≥7) or performance status (≥2) were excluded. Among them, 998 patients who received treatment for HCC with PVI were included in the analysis and were divided into two groups: resection group of 151 (15.1%) and palliative group of 847 (84.9%) who received transarterial and systemic therapy according to the treatment intent. After matching the number and size of the tumors and model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score between the groups, the final study cohort for analysis comprised 151 (26.6%) patients in the resection group and 417 (73.4%) in the palliative group. The primary endpoints were overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The number and maximum size of HCC did not differ between the resection and palliative groups after matching [1 (range, 1-5) <i>vs.</i> 1 (range, 1-6), P=0.11 and 5.5 (range, 1.2-20.6) <i>vs.</i> 6.0 (range, 1.0-20.5) cm, P=0.24, respectively]. Tumor markers, including alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist-II (PIVKA-II), also did not differ between the groups (P=0.29 and P=0.36, respectively). The 5-year OS and CSS rates of the resection and palliative groups were 44.8% and 17.4% (P<0.001) and 47.7% and 18.6% (P<0.001), respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that palliative treatment intent was the most significant risk factor for OS and CSS [odds ratio (OR) =2.24; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.66-3.02; P<0.001 and OR =2.29; 95% CI: 1.68-3.12; P<0.001, respectively].</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Surgical resection could significantly improve OS and CSS in selected HCC with PVI patients who have preserved liver function and performance status.</p>","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"13 5","pages":"814-823"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534781/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}