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Publication Name World Journal of Hepatology
Manuscript ID 41984
Country/Territory West Indies
Category Surgery
Manuscript Type Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title Clinical outcomes after major hepatectomy are acceptable in low-volume centers in the Caribbean
Manuscript Source Invited Manuscript
All Author List Shamir O Cawich, Ravi Maharaj, Vijay Naraynsingh, Neil Pearce, Wesley Francis, Kimon O Bonadie and Dexter A Thomas
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Corresponding Author Shamir O Cawich, MBBS, Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. socawich@hotmail.com
Key Words Liver; Surgery; Resection; Caribbean; Volume; Outcomes
Core Tip Although there has been a global trend to concentrate major liver resections in tertiary referral centers, it is not practical in the Caribbean region. However, the hepatobiliary centers in the Caribbean do not meet the criteria to be defined as high-volume centers. This study prospectively evaluated outcomes after 69 consecutive major liver resections in a Caribbean center that only performed 13.8 resections per year. With a major morbidity rate of 15.9% and mortality rate of 5.8%, we have shown that the clinical outcomes after major liver resections are acceptable in the established, low-volume hepatobiliary centers in the Eastern Caribbean.
Citation Cawich SO, Maharaj R, Naraynsingh V, Pearce NW, Francis W, Bonadie KO, Thomas DA. Clinical outcomes after major hepatectomy are acceptable in low-volume centers in the Caribbean. World J Hepatol 2019; 11(2): 199-207
Received
2018-09-08 07:02
Peer-Review Started
2018-09-10 07:26
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2018-10-12 00:10
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2018-10-12 07:50
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2019-01-11 04:11
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2019-01-22 10:52
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2019-01-28 21:49
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ISSN 1948-5182 (online)
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