Which octogenarian patients are at higher risk after cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstone disease? A single center cohort study.

Background: Incidence of gallstones in those aged ≥ 80 years is as high as 38%-53%. The decision-making process to select those oldest old patients who could benefit from cholecystectomy is challenging.

Aim: To assess the risk of morbidity of the "oldest-old" patients treated with cholecystectomy in order to provide useful data that could help surgeons in the decision-making process leading to surgery in this population.

First 100 minimally invasive liver resections in a new tertiary referral centre for liver surgery.

Background: In the last decades, there has been an exponential diffusion of minimally invasive liver surgery (MILS) worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate our initial experience of 100 patients undergoing MILS resection comparing their outcomes with the standard open procedures.

Materials And Methods: One hundred consecutive MILS from 2016 to 2019 were included.

Forecasting outcomes after cholecystectomy in octogenarian patients.

Background: Although gallstone disease increases with aging, elderly patients are less likely to undergo cholecystectomy. This is because age itself is a negative predictor after cholecystectomy. The ACS-NSQIP risk calculator can therefore help surgeons decide whether to operate or not.

Preoperative Chemotherapy and Resection Margin Status in Colorectal Liver Metastasis Patients: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.

In this article, we compared the early and long-term outcomes of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with chemotherapy followed by resection with those of patients undergoing surgery first, focusing our analysis on resection margin status. Patients who underwent liver resection with curative intent for colorectal liver metastases from July 2001 to January 2018 were included in the analysis. Propensity score matching was used to reduce treatment allocation bias.