Defining Global Benchmarks for Laparoscopic Liver Resections: An International Multicenter Study

Brian K.P. Goh, Ho-Seong Han, Kuo-Hsin Chen, Darren W. Chua, Chung-Yip Chan, Federica Cipriani, Davit L. Aghayan, Asmund A. Fretland, Jasper Sijberden, Mizelle D'Silva, Tiing Foong Siow, Yutaro Kato, Chetana Lim, Phan Phuoc Nghia, Paulo Herman, Marco V. Marino, Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Adrian K.H. Chiow, Iswanto Sucandy, Arpad IvaneczSung Hoon Choi, Jae Hoon Lee, Mikel Gastaca, Marco Vivarelli, Felice Giuliante, Andrea Ruzzenente, Chee-Chien Yong, Mengqui Yin, Zewei Chen, Constantino Fondevila, Mikhail Efanov, Fernando Rotellar, Gi-Hong Choi, Ricardo R. Campos, Xiaoying Wang, Robert P. Sutcliffe, Johann Pratschke, Eric Lai, Charing C. Chong, Mathieu D'Hondt, Kazuteru Monden, Santiago Lopez-Ben, Fabricio F. Coelho, Thomas Peter Kingham, Rong Liu, Tran Cong Duy Long, Alessandro Ferrero, Giovanni B. Levi Sandri, Mansour Saleh, Daniel Cherqui, Olivier Scatton, Olivier Soubrane, Go Wakabayashi, Roberto I. Troisi, Tan-To Cheung, Atsushi Sugioka, Mohammad Abu Hilal, David Fuks, Bjørn Edwin, Luca Aldrighetti, Nicholas Syn, Mikel Prieto, Henri Schotte, Celine De Meyere, Felix Krenzien, Moritz Schmelzle, Kit-Fai Lee, Diana Salimgereeva, Ruslan Alikhanov, Lip-Seng Lee, Jae Young Jang, Masayuki Kojima, Jacob Ghotbi, Jaime Arthur Pirola Kruger, Victor Lopez-Lopez, Bernardo Dalla Valle, Margarida Casellas I Robert, Kohei Mishima, Roberto Montalti, Mariano Giglio, Alessandro Mazzotta, Boram Lee, Hao-Ping Wang, Franco Pascual, Prashant Kadam, Chung-Ngai Tang, Shian Yu, Francesco Ardito, Simone Vani, Ugo Giustizieri, Davide Citterio, Federico Mocchegiani, Giuseppe Maria Ettorre, Marco Colasanti, Yoelimar Guzmán

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Abstract

Objective: To establish global benchmark outcomes indicators after laparoscopic liver resections (L-LR). Background: There is limited published data to date on the best achievable outcomes after L-LR. Methods: This is a post hoc analysis of a multicenter database of 11,983 patients undergoing L-LR in 45 international centers in 4 continents between 2015 and 2020. Three specific procedures: left lateral sectionectomy (LLS), left hepatectomy (LH), and right hepatectomy (RH) were selected to represent the 3 difficulty levels of L-LR. Fifteen outcome indicators were selected to establish benchmark cutoffs. Results: There were 3519 L-LR (LLS, LH, RH) of which 1258 L-LR (40.6%) cases performed in 34 benchmark expert centers qualified as low-risk benchmark cases. These included 659 LLS (52.4%), 306 LH (24.3%), and 293 RH (23.3%). The benchmark outcomes established for operation time, open conversion rate, blood loss ≥500 mL, blood transfusion rate, postoperative morbidity, major morbidity, and 90-day mortality after LLS, LH, and RH were 209.5, 302, and 426 minutes; 2.1%, 13.4%, and 13.0%; 3.2%, 20%, and 47.1%; 0%, 7.1%, and 10.5%; 11.1%, 20%, and 50%; 0%, 7.1%, and 20%; and 0%, 0%, and 0%, respectively. Conclusions: This study established the first global benchmark outcomes for L-LR in a large-scale international patient cohort. It provides an up-to-date reference regarding the "best achievable" results for L-LR for which centers adopting L-LR can use as a comparison to enable an objective assessment of performance gaps and learning curves.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)839-848
Number of pages10
JournalAnnals of Surgery
Volume277
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • benchmark
  • global
  • hepatectomy
  • laparoscopic liver resection
  • minimally invasive
  • quality assessment

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