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Factors Associated with and Impact of Open Conversion in Laparoscopic and Robotic Minor Liver Resections: An International Multicenter Study of 10,541 Patients

15-jun-2024 | Revista: Annals of Surgical Oncology

Mansour Saleh #  1 , Franco Pascual #  1 , Mohammed Ghallab  1 , Andrew G R Wu  2 , Ken-Min Chin  2 , Francesca Ratti  3 , Mariano Cesare Giglio  4 , Marco Garatti  5 , Phan Phuoc Nghia  6 , Yutaro Kato  7 , Chetana Lim  8 , Paulo Herman  9 , Fabricio Ferreira Coelho  9 , Moritz Schmelzle  10 , Johann Pratschke  10 , Davit L Aghayan  11 , Qiu Liu  12 , Marco V Marino  13   14 , Andrea Belli  15 , Adrian K H Chiow  16 , Iswanto Sucandy  17 , Arpad Ivanecz  18 , Fabrizio Di Benedetto  19 , Sung Hoon Choi  20 , Jae Hoon Lee  21 , James O Park  22 , Mikel Prieto  23 , Yoelimar Guzman  24 , Constantino Fondevila  24   25 , Mikhail Efanov  26 , Fernando Rotellar  27   28 , Gi-Hong Choi  29 , Ricardo Robles-Campos  30 , Prashant Kadam  31 , Robert P Sutcliffe  31 , Roberto I Troisi  4 , Chung Ngai Tang  32 , Charing C Chong  33 , Mathieu D'Hondt  34 , Bernardo Dalla Valle  35 , Andrea Ruzzenente  35 , T Peter Kingham  36 , Olivier Scatton  8 , Rong Liu  12 , Alejandro Mejia  37 , Kohei Mishima  38 , Go Wakabayashi  38 , Santiago Lopez-Ben  39 , Xiaoying Wang  40 , Alessandro Ferrero  41 , Giuseppe Maria Ettorre  42 , Marco Vivarelli  43 , Vincenzo Mazzaferro  44 , Felice Giuliante  45 , Chee Chien Yong  46 , Mengqiu Yin  47 , Kazuteru Monden  48 , David Geller  49 , Kuo-Hsin Chen  50 , Atsushi Sugioka  7 , Bjørn Edwin  11 , Tan-To Cheung  51 , Tran Cong Duy Long  6 , Mohammad Abu Hilal  5   52 , Luca Aldrighetti  3 , Olivier Soubrane  53 , David Fuks  53 , Ho-Seong Han  54 , Daniel Cherqui  1 , Brian K P Goh  55   56 ; International Robotic and Laparoscopic Liver Resection Study Group Investigators


Introduction: Despite the increasing widespread adoption and experience in minimally invasive liver resections (MILR), open conversion occurs not uncommonly even with minor resections and as been reported to be associated with inferior outcomes. We aimed to identify risk factors for and outcomes of open conversion in patients undergoing minor hepatectomies. We also studied the impact of approach (laparoscopic or robotic) on outcomes.

Methods: This is a post-hoc analysis of 20,019 patients who underwent RLR and LLR across 50 international centers between 2004-2020. Risk factors for and perioperative outcomes of open conversion were analysed. Multivariate and propensity score-matched analysis were performed to control for confounding factors.

Results: Finally, 10,541 patients undergoing either laparoscopic (LLR; 89.1%) or robotic (RLR; 10.9%) minor liver resections (wedge resections, segmentectomies) were included. Multivariate analysis identified LLR, earlier period of MILR, malignant pathology, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, previous abdominal surgery, larger tumor size, and posterosuperior location as significant independent predictors of open conversion. The most common reason for conversion was technical issues (44.7%), followed by bleeding (27.2%), and oncological reasons (22.3%). After propensity score matching (PSM) of baseline characteristics, patients requiring open conversion had poorer outcomes compared with successful MILR cases as evidenced by longer operative times, more blood loss, higher requirement for perioperative transfusion, longer duration of hospitalization and higher morbidity, reoperation, and 90-day mortality rates.

Conclusions: Multiple risk factors were associated with conversion of MILR even for minor hepatectomies, and open conversion was associated with significantly poorer perioperative outcomes.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO  Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jun 15.  doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15498-0