Annals of surgery
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To apply the principles of the Metro-ticket paradigm to develop a prognostic model for patients undergoing hepatic resection of colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM). ⋯ An externally validated "Metro-ticket" TBS model had excellent prognostic discriminatory power. TBS may be an accurate tool to account for the impact of tumor morphology on long-term survival among patients undergoing resection of CRLM.
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The aim of the present study was to determine whether trainee involvement in esophageal cancer resection is associated with adverse patient outcomes. ⋯ These findings demonstrate that patient outcomes are not compromised by supervised trainee involvement in transthoracic esophagectomy. Training is an essential role of all surgical units and training data should be more widely reported especially in areas of high-risk surgery.
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We propose an objective and practical classification system to predict difficulty of different laparoscopic liver resections (LLRs). ⋯ This objective and practical classification system allows the stratification of LLR comprising the low (group I), the intermediate (group II), and the high (group III) grades.