Towards Standardization of Liver Resections in India: Five Hundred Consecutive Oncological Liver Resections- Trends, Techniques and Outcomes.

Purpose: To study the trends, techniques, outcomes and improvisations of liver resections over the study period.

Methods: We analysed prospectively maintained database of patients undergoing liver resections for oncological indications at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India from June 2010 to October 2016.

Results: Five hundred sixteen patients were operated with median age of 55 years and male to female ratio of 1.

Outcome of Robot-Assisted Radical Cholecystectomy in a High-Volume Tertiary Cancer Center in India.

Minimally invasive radical cholecystectomy is a complex laparoscopy. Robotic surgery is now an option to complete a radical cholecystectomy because of its high definition, magnified three-dimensional view of the operative field, and articulating instrumentation. Robotic surgery enables a safe dissection in otherwise difficult to access areas such as the porta hepatis.

Robotic surgery for gallbladder cancer: Operative technique and early outcomes.

Background: The objective was to elucidate the operative technique of robotic radical cholecystectomy (RRC) and to compare the early outcomes of RRC with open radical cholecystectomy (ORC) for gallbladder cancer (GBC).

Methods: Patients who underwent RRC for suspected or incidental GBC between July 2015 and August 2018 were analyzed. Patients who underwent ORC during the same period and fulfilled the study criteria formed the control group.

Extracapsular excision of hepatic hemangioma: A single centre experience.

Backgrounds/aims: Hepatic hemangioma is a common non-epithelial neoplasm of the liver. Presence of symptoms and uncertainty in diagnosis are the most common indications for surgery.

Methods: Eighteen patients with hepatic hemangioma, operated on from January 2011 to December 2016 at the Hepato-pancreato-biliary surgical unit of Tata Memorial Hospital, were retrospectively analyzed.

Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Gallbladder: A Step Beyond Palliative Therapy, Experience of 25 Cases.

Purpose: Published literature on gall bladder neuroendocrine tumors (GB NETs) is limited with none reporting the role of multimodal therapy.

Methods: Patients with histologically confirmed GB NETs treated at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, from January 2010 to June 2017 were analyzed. Staging was done by contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) of abdomen and chest or a positron emission topography (PET) scan.

Is Portal Venous Pressure or Porto-systemic Gradient Really A Harbinger of Poor Outcomes After Living Donor Liver Transplantation?

Background: Portal hyperperfusion as a cause of small for size syndrome (SFSS) after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) remains controversial. Portal venous pressure (PVP) is often measured indirectly and may be confounded by central venous pressure (CVP).

Methods: In 42 adult cirrhotics undergoing elective LDLT, PVP was measured by direct canulation of portal vein and porto systemic gradient (PSG) was obtained after subtracting CVP from PVP.