1st Edition
50 Landmark Papers every Upper GI and HPB Surgeon Should Know
Section One: The Gallbladder
1 - Acute Cholecystitis: Early Versus Delayed Cholecystectomy, A Multi-centre Randomized Trial
Gutt, Carsten N. MD,Encke, Jens MD,Köninger, Jörg MDHarnoss, Julian-Camill MD,Weigand, Kilian MD.Kipfmüller, Karl MD.Schunter, Oliver MD.Götze, Thorsten MD.Golling, Markus T. MD,Menges, Markus MD,Klar, Ernst MD,Feilhauer, Katharina MD,Zoller, Wolfram G. MD,Ridwelski, Karsten MD,Ackmann, Sven MD,Baron, Alexandra MD,Schön, Michael R. MD,Seitz, Helmut K. MD,Daniel, Dietmar MSc,Stremmel, Wolfgang MD,Büchler, Markus W. MD
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
2 - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus percutaneous catheter drainage for acute cholecystitis in high-risk patients (CHOCOLATE): multicentre randomised clinical trial
Loozen, C. S., van Santvoort, H. C., van Duijvendijk, P., Besselink, M. G., Gouma, D. J., Nieuwenhuijzen, G. A., Kelder, J. C., Donkervoort, S. C., van Geloven, A. A., Kruyt, P. M., Roos, D., Kortram, K., Kornmann, V. N., Pronk, A., van der Peet, D. L., Crolla, R. M., van Ramshorst, B., Bollen, T. L., & Boerma, D.
Reviewed by Enoch Wong
3 - Surgical outcomes of gallbladder cancer: the OMEGA retrospective, multicentre, international cohort study
Balakrishnan, A, Barmpounakis, P et al.
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
Section Two: Liver
4 - Liver-directed surgery of neuroendocrine metastases: What is the optimal strategy?
Maxwell, J.E., Sherman, S.K., O'Dorisio, T.M., Bellizzi, A.M. and Howe, J.R.
Reviewed by Nicholas Bull
5 - The Brisbane 2000 Terminology of Liver Anatomy and Resections
S.M. Strasberg, J. Belghiti, P.-A. Clavien, E. Gadzijev, J.O. Garden, W.-Y. Lau, M. Makuuchi, R.W. Strong
Reviewed by Nicholas Bull
6 - Central venous pressure and liver resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
MJ Hughes, NT Ventham, EM Harrison, SJ Wigmore
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
7 - Systematic extrahepatic Glissonean pedicle isolation for anatomical liver resection based on Laennec’s capsule: proposal of a novel comprehensive surgical anatomy of the liver
Atsushi Sugioka, Yutaro Kato and Yoshinao Tanahashi
Reviewed by Nicholas Bull
8 - Liver transplantation for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma using poor tumour differentiation on biopsy as an exclusion criterion
Derek DuBay, Charbel Sandroussi, Lakhbir Sandhu, Sean Cleary, Markus Guba, Mark S Cattral, Ian McGilvray, Anand Ghanekar, Markus Selzner, Paul D Greig, David R Grant
Reviewed by Adrian Fox
9 - Portal Vein Embolization Before Right Hepatectomy; a prospective clinical trial
Farges, Olivier MD, PhD, Belghiti, Jacques MD, Kianmanesh, Reza MD, Marc Regimbeau, Jean MD, Santoro, Roberto MD, Vilgrain, Valérie MD, Denys, Alban MD, Sauvanet, Alain MD
Reviewed by Matilda Anderson
Section Three: Pancreas
10 - Arterial resection in Pancreatic cancer surgery: Effective after a learning curve
M Loos. T Kester, U Klaiber, A Mihaljevic, A Mehrabi, B Muller-Stich, M Diener, M Schneider, C Berchtold, U Hinz, M Feisst, O Strobel, T Hackert, M Buchler
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
11 - Minimally invasive versus open distal pancreatectomy for resectable pancreatic cancer (DIPLOMA): an international randomised non-inferiority trial.
Korrel M, Jones LR, van Hilst J, Balzano G, Björnsson B, Boggi U, Bratlie SO, Busch OR, Butturini G, Capretti G, Casadei R, Edwin B, Emmen AMLH, Esposito A, Falconi M, Groot Koerkamp B, Keck T, de Kleine RHJ, Kleive DB, Kokkola A, Lips DJ, Lof S, Luyer MDP, Manzoni A, Marudanayagam R, de Pastena M, Pecorelli N, Primrose JN, Ricci C, Salvia R, Sandström P, Vissers FLIM, Wellner UF, Zerbi A, Dijkgraaf MGW, Besselink MG, Abu Hilal M
Reviewed by Nicholas Bull
12 - Dunking pancreatico-jejunostomy versus duct-to-mucosa anastomosis.
Eugene P Kennedy, Charles j Yeo
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
13 - Endoscopic or surgical step-up approach for infected necrotising pancreatitis: a multicentre randomised trial
S van Brunschot, J van Grinsven, H van Santvoort, O Bakker, M Besselink, M Boermeester, T Bollen, K Bosscha, S Bouwense, M Bruno, V Cappendijk, E Consten, C Dejong, C van Eijck, W Erkelens, H van Goor, W van Grevenstein, J Haveman, S Hofker, J Jansen, E J Schoon et al
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
14 - Five-Year Outcomes of FOLFIRINOX vs Gemcitabine as Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Conroy T, Castan F, et al
Reviewed by Dan Croagh
15 - International evidence-based Kyoto guidelines for the management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas.
Takao Ohtsuka, Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, Toru Furukawa, Susumu Hijioka, Jin-Young Jang, Anne Marie Lennon, Yoshihiro Miyasaka, Eizaburo Ohno, Roberto Salvia, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Laura D. Wood
Reviewed by Adrian Fox
16 - Short-term Outcomes After Spleen-preserving Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy With or Without Preservation of Splenic Vessels : A Pan-European Retrospective Study in High-volume Centres
Korrel, Maarten BSc,Lof, Sanne MD, PhD,Al Sarireh, Bilal MD, PhD, Björnsson, Bergthor MD, PhD, Boggi, Ugo MD, PhD, Butturini, Giovanni MD, PhD, Casadei, Riccardo MD, PhD, De Pastena, Matteo MD, PhD, Esposito, Alessandro MD, PhD, Fabre, Jean Michel MD, PhD, Ferrari, Giovanni MD, PhD, Fteriche, Fadhel Samir MD, PhD, Fusai, Giuseppe MD, PhD, Koerkamp, Bas Groot MD, MSc, PhD, Hackert, Thilo MD, PhD, D’Hondt, Mathieu MD, PhD, Jah, Asif MD, PhD, Keck, Tobias MD, PhD, Marino, Marco V. MD, PhD, Molenaar, I. Quintus MD, PhD, Pessaux, Patrick MD, PhD, Pietrabissa, Andrea MD, PhD, Rosso, Edoardo MD, PhD, Sahakyan, Mushegh MD, PhD, Soonawalla, Zahir MD, PhD, Souche, Francois Regis MD, PhD, White, Steve MD, PhD, Zerbi, Alessandro MD, PhD, Dokmak, Safi MD, Edwin, Bjorn MD, Hilal, Mohammad Abu MD, PhD, FRCS, Besselink, Marc MD, MSc, PhD.
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
17 - Neoadjuvant therapy or upfront surgery for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Jacob L van Dam, Quisette P Janssen, Marc G Besselink, Marjolein Y V Homs, Hjalmar C van Santvoort, Geertjan van Tienhoven, Roeland F de Wilde, Johanna W Wilmink, Casper H J van Eijck, Bas Groot Koerkamp
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
18 - Roux-en-Y versus single loop reconstruction in pancreaticoduodenectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Shahd Mobarak, Munir Tarazi, Madhav Sanatkumar Dav ́e, Rebecca J Varley, Martyn C Stott, Minas Baltatzis, Thomas Satyadas
Reviewed by Jan Goonawardena
19 - Should non-invasive diffuse main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms be treated with total pancreatectomy?
Alex B. Blair, Ross M. Beckman, Joseph R. Habib, James F. Griffin, Kelly Lafaro, Richard A. Burkhart, William Burns, Matthew J. Weiss, John L. Cameron, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Jin He
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
Section Four: Stomach
20 - Association between Helicobacter pylori Eradication and Gastric cancer incidence: A systematic review and Meta-analysis
Yi-Chia Lee, Tsung-Hsien Chiang, Chu-Kuang Chou, David Y. Graham et al.
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
21 - Clinical outcomes of a laparoscopic total vs a 270 posterior partial fundoplication in chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
A Analatos, B Hakanson, C Ansorge, M Lindblad, L Lundell, A Thorell.
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
22 - Efficacy and Safety of Imatinib Mesylate in Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
George D. Demetri, M.D., Margaret von Mehren, M.D., Charles D. Blanke, M.D., Annick D. Van den Abbeele, M.D., Burton Eisenberg, M.D., Peter J. Roberts, M.D., Michael C. Heinrich, M.D.
Reviewed by Jan Goonawardena
23 - Extended lymph-node dissection for gastric cancer.
Bonenkamp JJ, Hermans J, Sasako M, van de Velde CJ, Welvaart K, Songun I, Meyer S, Plukker JT, Van Elk P, Obertop H, Gouma DJ, van Lanschot JJ, Taat CW, de Graaf PW, von Meyenfeldt MF, Tilanus H
Reviewed by Jan Goonawardena
24 - Laparoscopic vs Open Distal Gastrectomy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer 5-Year Outcomes of the KLASS-02 Randomized Clinical Trial
Sang-Yong Son, MD et al
Reviewed by Enoch Wong
25 - Perioperative Durvalumab in Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
Y.Y. Janjigian, S.-E. Al-Batran, Z.A. Wainberg, K. Muro, D. Molena, E. Van Cutsem, W.J. Hyung, L. Wyrwicz, D.-Y. Oh, T. Omori, M. Moehler, M. Garrido, S.C.S. Oliveira, M. Liberman, V.C. Oliden, E.C. Smyth, A. Stein, M. Bilici, M.L. Alvarenga, V. Kozlov, F. Rivera, A. Kawazoe, O. Serrano, E. Heilbron, A. Negro, J.F. Kurland, and J. Tabernero
Reviewed by Jan Goonawardena
26 - Is Roux-en-Y or Billroth-II reconstruction the preferred choice for gastric cancer patients undergoing distal gastrectomy when Billroth I reconstruction is not applicable? A meta-analysis
He L, Zhao Y.
Reviewed by Jan Goonawardena
Section Five: Bile Duct
27 - An analysis of the problem of biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
S M Strasberg, M Hertl, N J Soper
Reviewed by Nicholas Bull
28 - Preoperative Biliary Drainage for Cancer of the Head of the Pancreas
Van der Gaag N, Rauws E, Van Eijck C, et al
Reviewed by Adrian Fox
29 - Surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: French experience in a collective survey of 552 extrahepatic bile duct cancers
B. Launois, R. Reding, G. Lebeau, J.L. Buard
Reviewed by Nicholas Bull
30 - Tokyo Guidelines 2018: initial management of acute biliary infection and flowchart for acute cholangitis
Miura, F., Okamoto, K., Takada, T., Strasberg, S. M., Asbun, H. J., Pitt, H. A., Gomi, H., Solomkin, J. S., Schlossberg, D., Han, H. S., Kim, M. H., Hwang, T. L., Chen, M. F., Huang, W. S., Kiriyama, S., Itoi, T., Garden, O. J., Liau, K. H., Horiguchi, A., Liu, K. H., … Yamamoto, M.
Reviewed by Enoch Wong
Section Six: Oesophagus
31 - Endoscopic or Surgical Myotomy in Patients with Idiopathic Achalasia
Yuki B. Werner, M.D., Bengt Hakanson, M.D., Jan Martinek, M.D., Alessandro Repici, M.D., Burkhard H.A. von Rahden, M.D.,Albert J. Bredenoord, M.D., Raf Bisschops, M.D., Helmut Messmann, M.D., Marius C. Vollberg, M.Sc., Tania Noder, R.N., Jan F. Kersten, M.Sc.,Oliver Mann, M.D., Jakob Izbicki, M.D., Alexander Pazdro, M.D.,Uberto Fumagalli, M.D., Riccardo Rosati, M.D., Christoph-Thomas Germer, M.D., Marlies P. Schijven, M.D., Alice Emmermann, M.D., Daniel von Renteln, M.D., Paul Fockens, M.D., Guy Boeckxstaens, M.D., and Thomas Rösch, M.D
Reviewed by Jan Goonawardena
32 - Endoscopic versus surgical approach in the treatment of Zenker’s1 diverticulum: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Débora V. Albers, André Kondo, Wanderley M. Bernardo, Paulo Sakai, Renata Nobre Moura, Gustavo Luis Rodela Silva, Edson Ide, Toshiro Tomishige, Eduardo G. H. de Moura
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
33 - Perioperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel versus fluorouracil or capecitabine plus cisplatin and epirubicin for locally advanced, resectable gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (FLOT4): a randomised, phase 2/3 trial
SA Al-Batran et al.
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
34 - Sutured versus Mesh-augmented Hiatus Hernia Repair. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Petric, J., Bright, T., Liu, D. S., Wee Yun, M., & Watson, D. I.
Reviewed by Enoch Wong
35 - Intraoperative pyloric drainage is unnecessary during esophagectomies: a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Csontos A, Németh D, Szakó L, Berke G, Sindler DL, Berki D, Papp C, Hegyi P, Vereczkei A and Papp A
Reviewed by Jan Goonawardena
36 - Adjuvant Nivolumab in resected oesophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer.
R.J. Kelly, J.A. Ajani, J. Kuzdzal, T. Zander, E. Van Cutsem, G. Piessen, G. Mendez, J. Feliciano, S. Motoyama, A. Lièvre, H. Uronis, E. Elimova, C. Grootscholten, K. Geboes, S. Zafar, S. Snow, A.H. Ko, K. Feeney, M. Schenker, P. Kocon, J. Zhang, L. Zhu, M. Lei, P. Singh, K. Kondo, J.M. Cleary, and M. Moehler, for the CheckMate 577 Investigators
Reviewed by Jan Goonawardena
37 - Predictors of Anastomotic Leak After Esophagectomy: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Database
Edmund S. Kassis, MD [email protected] ∙ Andrzej S. Kosinski, PhD ∙ Patrick Ross, Jr, MD, PhD ∙ Katherine E. Koppes, PA-C ∙ James M. Donahue, MD ∙ Vincent C. Daniel, MD
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
38 - Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Thoracolaparoscopic Esophagectomy Versus Open Transthoracic Esophagectomy for Resectable Esophageal Cancer.
van der Sluis, P., van der Horst, S., May, A., Schippers, C., Brosens, L., Joore, H., Kroese, C. Haj Mohammad, N., Mook, S., Vleggaar, F., Borel Rinkes, I., Ruurda, J. & van Hillegersberg, R.
Reviewed by Enoch Wong
39 - Radiofrequency Ablation vs Endoscopic Surveillance for Patients with Barrett Esophagus and Low-Grade Dysplasia - A Randomized Clinical Trial
K. Nadine Phoa, MD, Frederike G. I. van Vilsteren, MD, Bas L. A. M. Weusten, MD, et al Raf Bisschops, MD, Erik J. Schoon, MD, Krish Ragunath, MD, Grant Fullarton, MD, Massimiliano Di Pietro, MD, Narayanasamy Ravi, MD, Mike Visser, MD, G. Johan Offerhaus, MD, Cees A. Seldenrijk, MD, Sybren L. Meijer, MD, Fiebo J. W. ten Kate, MD, Jan G. P. Tijssen, PhD, Jacques J. G. H. M. Bergman, MD, PhD
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
Section Seven: Endoscopic Treatment
40 - Early Treatment of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis by Endoscopic Papillotomy
Sheung-Tat Fan, Edward Lai, Francis Mok, Chung-Mau Lo, Shu-Sen Zheng, and John Wong.
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
41 - Endoscopic ultrasound- versus ERCP-guided primary drainage of inoperable malignant distal biliary obstruction: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Tawfik Khoury, Wisam Sbeit, Fabien Fumex, Giovanni Marasco, Leonardo H. Eusebi, Pietro Fusaroli, Shannon M. Chan, Amir Shahin, Maamoun Basheer, Rodica Gincul, Sarah Leblanc, Anthony Y. B. Teoh, Jérémie Jacques, Andrea Lisotti, Bertrand Napoléon
Reviewed by Jan Goonawardena
42 - Indomethacin with or without prophylactic pancreatic stent placement to prevent pancreatitis after ERCP: a randomised non-inferiority trial
Prof B Joseph Elmunzer MD,Lydia D Foster MS, Prof Jose Serrano MD PhD, Prof Gregory A Coté MD et al
Reviewed by Matilda Anderson
43 - Fully covered self-expandable metal stents (SEMS), partially covered SEMS and self-expandable plastic stents for the treatment of benign oesophageal ruptures and anastomotic leaks.
Petra GA van Boeckel, Kulwinder S Dua, Bas LAM Weusten, Ruben JH Schmits, Naveen Surapaneni, Robin Timmer, Frank P Vleggaar, Peter D Siersema
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
44 - Self-Expanding Metal Stents Versus Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy in Anastomotic Leak Treatment After Oncologic Gastroesophageal Surgery
Berlth, F., Bludau, M., Plum, P. S., Herbold, T., Christ, H., Alakus, H., Kleinert, R., Bruns, C. J., Hölscher, A. H., & Chon, S. H.
Reviewed by Enoch Wong
Section Eight: Obesity
45 - Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass vs Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Obesity: The SM-BOSS Randomized Clinical Trial
Marko Kraljević, MD, Julian Süsstrunk, MD, Bettina Karin Wölnerhanssen, MD, Thomas Peters, MD, Marco Bueter, MD, Daniel Gero, MD, Bernd Schultes, MD, Adisa Poljo, MD, Romano Schneider, MD, Ralph Peterli, MD
Reviewed by Jan Goonawardena
46 - Results from the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry: A narrative review
Magnus Sundbom, Ingmar Näslund, Johan Ottosson, Erik Stenberg, Erik Näslund
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
Section Nine: General
47 - Advantages of enteral nutrition (EN) over parenteral nutrition (PN).
Seres DS, Valcarcel M, Guillaume A. Therap Adv Gastroenterol
Reviewed by Jan Goonawardena
48 - Reduction in mortality from upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
PS Hunt, JK Francis, J Hansky, H Hillman, MG Korman, J McLeish, R Marshall & G Schmidt.
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
49 - Splenic Salvage: Is There a Role for Splenorrhaphy in the Management of Adult Splenic Trauma?
Kathryn Atkins, MD, MPH, Andrew Schneider, MD, MS, and Anthony Charles, MD, MPH
Reviewed by Sayed Hassen
50 - Volume-Outcome Relationship in Surgery for Oesophageal malignancy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 2000-2011
Sheraz R. Markar & Alan Karthikesalingam, Sri Thrumurthy & Donald E. Low
Reviewed by Enoch Wong
Biography
A H Sayed-Hassen BA, MBChB, FRCS (Ed) FRACS is the Executive Director of Surgery at Eastern Health, Victoria. He qualified at Leeds University in 1985 and trained as a registrar in the Newcastle region in the late 1980s. Subsequently, he pursued further training in Upper GI and HPB surgery in Melbourne and a fellowship in Sydney, Australia. He has worked as a transplant surgeon (Austin), trauma surgeon (Alfred) as well as at Eastern Health (Upper GI/HPB) since 1997. He currently only works at Eastern Health and Epworth (private hospital). He is the Chair of Surgery
and also the Upper GI/HPB multidisciplinary meeting. He has had multiple roles at the College of Surgeons including the Chair of the Board in General Surgery, Treasurer of General Surgeons Australia (GSA) and has been the scientific convener for the Congress of the RACS in Singapore in 2014. He had also been the General Surgery convener for Hong Kong 2008 and multiple local conferences for GSA and for the pre-exam course of the General Surgery exam. He remains as chair of SEAM (since 2011) on the Australian Board of General Surgery, which is the educational arm of the Board. He has authored/edited most of the modules of SEAM, which is also assessed by the Board for the purposes of training in the early phases of SET.
Adrian Fox MBBS, FRACS is the Head of the Upper GI/HPB unit at Eastern health and also works at St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne. He qualified MBBS at the University of Melbourne in 1998 and did his registrar training at St Vincent’s Hospital. He did his fellowship training in HPB at St Vincent’s, Box Hill (eastern health), and spent 2 years in Toronto where he was exposed to HPB and transplant surgery. He has been heavily involved as supervisor of training for trainees and fellows in HPB surgery. He has authored several publications and is an active member of the board of ANZHPBA (Australian and New Zealand Board of HPB surgeons).
