Surgical management of familial adenomatous polyposis: pancreas-sparing duodenectomy or pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure).

Duodenal cancer is the main cause of death for patients with FAP syndrome (familial adenomatous polyposis) treated with a colectomy. The disease follows the adenoma to carcinoma sequence and is diagnosed during follow-up in 7-36% of patients. Endoscopic treatment is used during the first treatment stage of the disease and surgery is an adequate therapeutic option when endoscopic control is insufficient.

Luschka Duct Leak: An Unexpected Cause of Choleperitoneum After Liver Transplant.

The anatomic variabilities in ducts of Luschka put patients at risk during hepatobiliary surgery. Clinically relevant bile leakage is the cause of 0.4% to 1.

Current allocation policy is favorable for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma waiting for liver transplantation.

Background: Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are a growing population of the transplantation waiting list (WL) for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). There is no consensus to prioritize these patients while on the WL.

Aims: To assess whether patients with HCC were more prioritized than non-HCC patients based on their WL survival as primary outcome.

Short-term Results of Liver Transplantation With Octogenarian Donors.

Background: There are increasingly more patients awaiting liver transplantation while the number of donors has remained stable. It has been proven that grafts from donors older than 60 years have comparable results with those from younger donors. It is unclear whether this is so with donors older than 80 years old.