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Clinical Advances in Hepatobiliary Surgery: Diagnosis, Prognosis, Management & Surgery for Colorectal Liver Metastases

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "General Surgery".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 1492

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Dr. Alexandros Giakoustidis

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Aristotle University Surgery Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: liver; pancreas; biliary; laparoscopic surgery; gastrointestinal; prognostic ratios
Prof. Dr. Vasileios N. Papadopoulos

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Director of Aristotle University Surgery Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: gastrointestinal; breast; biliary
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Dr. Dimitris E. Giakoustidis

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Aristotle University Surgery Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: liver; pancreas; biliary; laparoscopic surgery
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Prof. Dr. Guido Torzilli

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Director of Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery & General Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, 20089 Rozzano, Italy
Interests: liver; laparoscopic surgery; intraoperative US of liver
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Dr. Matteo Donadon

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Director of Surgical Oncology Program, University of Piemonte Orientale, University Maggiore Hospital, 28100 Novara, NO, Italy
Interests: liver; laparoscopic surgery; intraoperative US of liver
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue presents a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in the field of hepatobiliary surgery, with a particular focus on the diagnosis, prognosis, management and surgical treatment of colorectal liver metastases. The issue brings together cutting-edge research, clinical insights and expert opinions from renowned specialists in the field, adding to the field with great depth and enormous clinical impact.

The Special Issue covers a wide range of topics, including innovative diagnostic techniques such as molecular imaging and liquid biopsies, prognostic factors and predictive models for colorectal liver metastases, minimally invasive surgical techniques and the role of multidisciplinary care in optimizing patient outcomes. We call for papers relating to these topics, in an effort to further stimulate the evaluation of current approaches and search for ways to move forward.

Dr. Alexandros Giakoustidis
Prof. Dr. Vasileios N. Papadopoulos
Dr. Dimitris E. Giakoustidis
Prof. Dr. Guido Torzilli
Dr. Matteo Donadon
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Keywords

  • liver metastases
  • colorectal cancer
  • liver surgery
  • laparoscopic surgery
  • robotic surgery
  • pancreas

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Gelatin-Based Liver Phantoms for Training Purposes: A Cookbook Approach
by Radu Claudiu Elisei, Florin Graur, Amir Szold, Andreas Melzer, Sever Cãlin Moldovan, Mihai Motrescu, Emil Moiş, Cãlin Popa, Doina Pîsla, Cãlin Vaida, Tiberiu Tudor, Adrian Coţe and Nadim Al-Hajjar
J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13(12), 3440; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13123440 - 12 Jun 2024
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Background: Patients with liver pathology benefit from image-guided interventions. Training for interventional procedures is recommended to be performed on liver phantoms until a basic proficiency is reached. In the last 40 years, several attempts have been made to develop materials to mimic [...] Read more.
Background: Patients with liver pathology benefit from image-guided interventions. Training for interventional procedures is recommended to be performed on liver phantoms until a basic proficiency is reached. In the last 40 years, several attempts have been made to develop materials to mimic the imaging characteristics of the human liver in order to create liver phantoms. There is still a lack of accessible, reproducible and cost-effective soft liver phantoms for image-guided procedure training. Methods: Starting from a CT-scan DICOM file, we created a 3D-printed liver mold using InVesalius (Centro de Tecnologia da informação Renato Archer CTI, InVesalius 3 open-source software, Campinas, Brazil) for segmentation, Autodesk Fusion 360 with Netfabb (Autodesk software company, Fusion 360 2.0.19426 with Autodesk Netfabb Premium 2023.0 64-Bit Edition, San Francisco, CA, USA) for 3D modeling and Stratasys Fortus 380 mc 3D printer (Stratasys 3D printing company, Fortus 380 mc 3D printer, Minneapolis, MN, USA). Using the 3D-printed mold, we created 14 gelatin-based liver phantoms with 14 different recipes, using water, cast sugar and dehydrated gelatin, 32% fat bovine milk cream with intravenous lipid solution and technical alcohol in different amounts. We tested all these phantoms as well as ex vivo pig liver and human normal, fatty and cirrhotic liver by measuring the elasticity, shear wave speed, ultrasound attenuation, CT-scan density, MRI signal intensity and fracture force. We assessed the results of the testing performed, as well as the optical appearance on ultrasound, CT and MRI, in order to find the best recipe for gelatin-based phantoms for image-guided procedure training. Results: After the assessment of all phantom recipes, we selected as the best recipe for transparent phantoms one with 14 g of gelatin/100 mL water and for opaque phantom, the recipes with 25% cream. Conclusions: These liver gelatin-based phantom recipes are an inexpensive, reproducible and accessible alternative for training in image-guided and diagnostic procedures and will meet most requirements for valuable training. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Clinical Advances in Hepatobiliary Surgery: Diagnosis, Prognosis, Management & Surgery for Colorectal Liver Metastases)
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