Tomoaki Yoh1,2, François Cauchy1,2, Takayuki Kawai3,4, Anne-Sophie Schneck1,2, Bertrand Le Roy1,2, Claire Goumard3,4, Ailton Sepulveda1,2, Safi Dokmak1,2, Olivier Farges1,2, Olivier Scatton3,4,5, Olivier Soubrane6,7. 1. Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France. 2. Université de Paris, Paris, France. 3. Department of HPB surgery and liver transplantation, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France. 4. Université Paris VI, Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, France. 5. INSERM, UMRS-938, Centre de rechereche de Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Paris, France. 6. Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France. olivier.soubrane@aphp.fr. 7. Université de Paris, Paris, France. olivier.soubrane@aphp.fr.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A standardized laparoscopic right hepatectomy (LRH) approach named the "caudal approach" was recently reported. Yet, the value of this approach compared with state-of-the-art open right hepatectomy (ORH) remains unknown. The purpose of this study was therefore to compare the short-term outcomes of LRH using the caudal approach and ORH with anterior approach and liver hanging maneuver. METHODS: One-hundred eleven consecutive patients who underwent LRH with caudal approach were prospectively collected; 346 patients who underwent ORH with anterior approach and liver hanging maneuver were enrolled as a control group. Propensity score matching (PSM) of patients in a ratio of 1: 1 was conducted and the perioperative outcomes were compared. RESULTS: After PSM, two well-balanced groups of 72 patients each were analyzed and compared. The conversion rate in the LRH group was 18.1%. Perioperative blood loss and transfusion rates were significantly lower in the LRH group as compared to the ORH group (median, 200 ml vs. 500 ml, p < 0.001 and 9.9% vs. 26.8%, p = 0.009, respectively), while operation time was significantly longer (median, 348 min vs. 290 min, p < 0.001). Overall (26.4% vs. 48.6%, p = 0.006) and symptomatic pulmonary (6.9% vs. 19.4%, p = 0.027) complication rates were significantly lower in the LRH group. Hospital stay was significantly shorter in the LRH group (median, 8 days vs. 9 days, p = 0.013). CONCLUSIONS: LRH using the caudal approach is associated with improved short-term outcomes compared to state-of-the-art ORH in patients qualifying for both approaches, and can be proposed as standard practice.
BACKGROUND: A standardized laparoscopic right hepatectomy (LRH) approach named the "caudal approach" was recently reported. Yet, the value of this approach compared with state-of-the-art open right hepatectomy (ORH) remains unknown. The purpose of this study was therefore to compare the short-term outcomes of LRH using the caudal approach and ORH with anterior approach and liver hanging maneuver. METHODS: One-hundred eleven consecutive patients who underwent LRH with caudal approach were prospectively collected; 346 patients who underwent ORH with anterior approach and liver hanging maneuver were enrolled as a control group. Propensity score matching (PSM) of patients in a ratio of 1: 1 was conducted and the perioperative outcomes were compared. RESULTS: After PSM, two well-balanced groups of 72 patients each were analyzed and compared. The conversion rate in the LRH group was 18.1%. Perioperative blood loss and transfusion rates were significantly lower in the LRH group as compared to the ORH group (median, 200 ml vs. 500 ml, p < 0.001 and 9.9% vs. 26.8%, p = 0.009, respectively), while operation time was significantly longer (median, 348 min vs. 290 min, p < 0.001). Overall (26.4% vs. 48.6%, p = 0.006) and symptomatic pulmonary (6.9% vs. 19.4%, p = 0.027) complication rates were significantly lower in the LRH group. Hospital stay was significantly shorter in the LRH group (median, 8 days vs. 9 days, p = 0.013). CONCLUSIONS: LRH using the caudal approach is associated with improved short-term outcomes compared to state-of-the-art ORH in patients qualifying for both approaches, and can be proposed as standard practice.
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Laparoscopic right hepatectomy; Short-term outcomes
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