Transfusions of packed red blood cells in surgery for liver cancer: predictor of impaired overall survival but not recurrence-free survival - impact of blood transfusions in liver surgery.

Background: Liver surgery remains a cornerstone of potentially curative multimodal treatments for primary malignancies of the liver and hepatic metastases. Improving perioperative safety is a prerequisite in this context. Perioperative blood transfusions negatively influence postoperative recovery.

Long-Term Observation of Patients With Cancer - an Entity-Independent Registry for Healthcare and Translational Research at the University Medicine Dresden (Cancer-Reg-VT).

Introduction: Translational research is important, especially in medicine where decisions affect people's lives. Clinical registries and the studies embedded in them allow the depiction of actual care practice under routine conditions. Translating the findings of health services research back into clinical research through prospective cohort studies has the potential to drive medical innovations faster, more effectively and, above all, in a more targeted manner.

3D liver model-based surgical education improves preoperative decision-making and patient satisfaction-a randomized pilot trial.

Objective: Hepatobiliary surgery bares obstacles to informed consent for the patients due to its complexity and related risk of postoperative complications. 3D visualization of the liver has been proven to facilitate comprehension of the spatial relationship between anatomical structures and to assist in clinical decision-making. Our objective is to utilize individual 3D-printed liver models to enhance patient satisfaction with surgical education in hepatobiliary surgery.

Novel Personalized Score Predicts Risk for Postoperative Biliary Leak in Liver Surgery-a Retrospective Database Analysis.

Background: The number of liver resections is constantly rising over the last decades. Despite the reduction of overall mortality and morbidity in liver surgery, biliary leakage is still a relevant postoperative complication that can lead to a fatal postoperative course. Aim of this analysis is the identification of specific risk factors for postoperative biliary complications after liver resections and the development of a predictive biliary leakage risk score.

[Ampullary Carcinoma-prognostic and Therapeutical Contrast to Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma].

Ampullary carcinoma belongs to the cluster of periampullary cancers and is a rare, but increasing form of gastrointestinal malignancy. Due to the location of the tumour, occurrence of biliary obstruction is common. Symptoms due to the compression of the biliary tract facilitate early diagnosis, evoking a better prognosis.