Publications by authors named "M Gastaca"

Background: Several scores have been developed to stratify the risk of graft loss in controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD). However, their performance is unsatisfactory in the Spanish population, where most cDCD livers are recovered using normothermic regional perfusion (NRP). Consequently, we explored the role of different machine learning-based classifiers as predictive models for graft survival.

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Background: The progressive increase in the prevalence of morbid obesity (MO) in the general population is a pressing issue. This rise in MO has also been observed in patients with liver disease who are candidates for liver transplantation (LT).

Methods: A retrospective study of a single-center series was conducted to analyze the impact of MO on morbidity, mortality, and patient survival after LT.

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Article Synopsis
  • A study was conducted to compare robotic minor liver resections (RMLR) with laparoscopic minor liver resections (LMLR) in patients undergoing surgery on the anterolateral liver segments.
  • The analysis included over 10,000 patients and employed propensity score matching to balance the groups for accuracy in comparisons.
  • Results indicated RMLR had benefits like less blood loss, lower major morbidity, and shorter hospital stays than LMLR, although the difference in 30-day readmission rates suggested RMLR may have some drawbacks.
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