{"title":"The wax liver model at Josephinum.","authors":"Thomas M van Gulik","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-2025-266","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-2025-266","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"14 3","pages":"358-359"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170214/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316773","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":"Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinted co-culture models: a new paradigm for reproducing the tumor microenvironment and precision therapy.","authors":"Liwei Du, Yuce Lu, Huayu Yang","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-2025-297","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-2025-297","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"14 3","pages":"482-485"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170103/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316775","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":"<i>In situ</i> liver resection under venovenous bypass (LR-VVB) or venoarterial bypass (LR-VAB) adjunct to total vascular exclusion (TVE) as extreme liver surgery.","authors":"Abudusalamu Aini, Canhong Xiang, Jiahong Dong","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-2025-170","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-2025-170","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"14 3","pages":"506-510"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170105/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316751","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":"Assessing the financial and equity implications of the 2020 liver allocation policy change.","authors":"Brian Longbottom, Sung Hoon Kim, Hassan Aziz","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-2025-181","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-2025-181","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"14 3","pages":"470-472"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170267/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316754","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":"Thermal ablation in the curative treatment of colorectal liver metastasis: new standard of care?-lessons learned from the COLLISION trial.","authors":"Rami Rhaiem, Perrine Zimmermann, Reza Kianmanesh","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-2025-197","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-2025-197","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"14 3","pages":"486-489"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170027/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316774","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}
Da Xue, Juan Zhang, Linsong Mu, Zhongchuan Lyu, Zhijun Hu
{"title":"Bladder peritoneal flap: a novel approach for pelvic peritoneal reconstruction in complex clinical cases.","authors":"Da Xue, Juan Zhang, Linsong Mu, Zhongchuan Lyu, Zhijun Hu","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-2024-765","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-2024-765","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"14 3","pages":"511-514"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170262/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316756","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}
Seung Hyuk Yim, Deok-Gie Kim, Minyu Kang, Hwa-Hee Koh, Mun Chae Choi, Eun-Ki Min, Jae Geun Lee, Myoung Soo Kim, Dong Jin Joo
{"title":"Intention-to-treat approach for survival benefit of ABO-incompatible living-donor liver transplantation in patients with high Model for End-stage Liver Disease scores.","authors":"Seung Hyuk Yim, Deok-Gie Kim, Minyu Kang, Hwa-Hee Koh, Mun Chae Choi, Eun-Ki Min, Jae Geun Lee, Myoung Soo Kim, Dong Jin Joo","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-58","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-24-58","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>ABO-incompatible (ABOi) living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is increasingly considered for patients with end-stage liver disease or hepatocellular carcinoma, in regions facing severe organ shortage. However, its applicability for patients with high Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores remains uncertain. We aimed to investigate the survival benefit of ABOi-LDLT in high MELD patients using intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis in retrospective cohort study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a single-center study, 649 patients on a liver transplantation (LT) waitlist were divided into three groups: ITT-ABOi-LDLT (n=45), ITT-ABO-compatible (ABOc)-LDLT (n=162), and ITT-deceased-donor LT (DDLT) (n=442).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The ITT-ABOi-LDLT group had a median initial isoagglutinin-titer of 1:128 and 71.1% underwent ABOi-LDLT after desensitization. This group showed a higher survival rate compared to ITT-DDLT (66.7% <i>vs.</i> 28.7%, P<0.001), and ABOi-LDLT intention was linked to significantly lower mortality (hazard ratio, 0.32; P<0.001). Survival among LT recipients was similar across ABOi-LDLT, DDLT, and ABOc-LDLT (P=0.13), but ABOi-LDLT recipients had higher biliary stricture rates compared to DDLT (25% <i>vs.</i> 10%, P=0.04). Donor postoperative outcomes were comparable between ABOi- and ABOc-LDLT. Higher initial isoagglutinin-titers in ABOi-LDLT recipients were associated with increased in-hospital mortality and graft loss but not with antibody-mediated rejection or isoagglutinin-titer rebound.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>ABOi-LDLT offers a viable option for high MELD score patients, improving survival compared to DDLT and yielding similar posttransplant outcomes to DDLT and ABOc-LDLT in severe organ shortage region.</p>","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"14 3","pages":"360-373"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170091/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316762","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":"Efficacy and challenges of combining transarterial chemoembolization with pembrolizumab in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: insights from the PETAL study.","authors":"Qingyan Kong, Xiankun Wang, Zhuyu Chen, Wei Peng","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-2025-36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/hbsn-2025-36","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"14 2","pages":"301-304"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12057501/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144019662","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":"Surgical techniques and tumor dissemination: a critical review of the CETUPANC trial on the superior mesenteric artery <i>vs.</i> no-touch approaches.","authors":"Lola Duhamel, Lilian Schwarz","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-2024-714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/hbsn-2024-714","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":"14 2","pages":"267-270"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12057520/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143988369","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}