Annals of surgery
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Physicians are legally and ethically compelled to present their patients with available evidence on the potentially beneficial and harmful effects of a proposed medical or surgical treatment. This, however, is only half the story. ⋯ Explicitly stating the number of patients who will not benefit from the proposed treatment, in combination with the risk of a complication, may better inform patients and help them determine and express their treatment preference. This may also help standardize the informed consent procedure.
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The aim of this study is to evaluate portal hypertension as an independent risk factor in general surgical procedures. ⋯ Portal hypertension is associated with a significant mortality and morbidity risk in general surgery, and should not be underestimated even in patients with MELD 15 or less where the early mortality risk remained significant.
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To establish a "consensus" terminology of many variants of the ALPPS procedure. ⋯ The proposed "consensus" terminology should enable to better compare the many variants of ALPPS, and was also designed to implement future developments due to the readily applicable principles.