E-AHPBA Biennial Congress
6-9 June 2023, Lyon Abstract submissions are open! Submit your abstractfor oral, ePoster and video presentations for the E-AHPBA 2023 Biennial Congress in Lyon from 6-9 June 2023. Topic hubs feature liver, pancreas, HPB 360, biliary and transplant.
ABSTRACT DEADLINE IS 10 JANUARY
GOLD SEAL POSTGRADUATE COURSE – HPB 28 Sept 2022, Brescia, Italy
To be followed by the first international meeting on validated European guidelines on minimally invasive pancreatic surgery, 29-30 September, and the UEMS HPB Examination on 1 October. > FIND OUT MORE
>REGISTER E-AHPBA members €120, non-members €150
Platinum Seal Masterclass: Lap Liver Surgery
30 Nov – 1 Dec 2022, Zargoza, Spain
Mark your calendar and registerfor our next hands-on Platinum Masterclass focusing on laparoscopic liver surgery in a porcine wet-lab in Zaragoza, Spain. Sessions to include instructional presentations and plenty of hands-on experience. Chair: Professor Ajith Siriwardena Co-Chair: Professor Alejandro Serrablo > PROGRAMME
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E-AHPBA members €650, non-members €750
E-AHPBA CONSENSUS CONFERENCE
2-3 DECEMBER 2022, Zaragoza, Spain Run in partnership with the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the European Society of Coloproctology, with the aim of producing an updated consensus on terminology, diagnosis and management of patients with colorectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases. > PROGRAMME > REGISTER E-AHPBA Members can register for €275 by using the discount code EAHPBA Member only until 30th November
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Highlights you may have missed
From the June 2022 issue
Analysis of two national databases from the USA and Sweden provide further evidence to support centralisation of pancreatic surgery within high volume centres: Papageorge and colleagues have demonstrated that the outcome of pancreaticoduodenectomy in elderly patients is improved in high volume centres: https://www.hpbonline.org/article/S1365-182X(21)01669-5/fulltext Huhta and colleagues found that centre volume was associated with improvements not only in 90-day mortality but also in five-year survival after pancreatic cancer surgery: https://www.hpbonline.org/article/S1365-182X(21)01665-8/fulltext
From the July 2022 issue Meta-analysis to try to determine the impact of preoperative low skeletal muscle mass on survival in patients resected for cholangiocarcinoma:
Is it time for prehabilitation programmes for this patient group in more HPB centres? https://www.hpbonline.org/article/S1365-182X(21)01707-X/fulltext Biliary Tract Cancer retrospective in single-center Chilean study: Patients with gallbladder polyps were followed, looking at risk to gallbladder cancer: Polyps > 10 mm = largest risk. Simple cholecystectomy? or more radical liver resection, frozen section of the cystic duct and regional lymphadenectomy? https://www.hpbonline.org/article/S1365-182X(21)01704-4/fulltext
Meta-analysis to try to determine the impact of preoperative low skeletal muscle mass on survival in patients resected for cholangiocarcinoma:
