Michelle L. de Oliveira

TL;DR: This 5-year evaluation provides strong evidence that the classification of complications is valid and applicable worldwide in many fields of surgery, and subjective, inaccurate, or confusing terms such as “minor or major” should be removed from the surgical literature.

TL;DR: This is the first report on cold machine perfusion of human liver grafts obtained after cardiac arrest and subsequent transplantation and application of HOPE appears well tolerated, easy-to-use, and protective against early and later injuries.

TL;DR: Despite excellent 1- year survival, morbidity in benchmark cases remains high with half of patients developing severe complications during 1-year follow-up, and benchmark cutoffs targeting morbidity parameters offer a valid tool to assess higher risk groups.

TL;DR: Risk adjustment of patient selection and technique in ALPPS resulted in a continuous drop of early mortality and major postoperative morbidity, which has meanwhile reached standard outcome measures accepted for major liver surgery.