ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic liver resections (LLR) have been increasingly performed in recent years. Most of the available evidence, however, comes from specialized centers in Asia, Europe and USA. Data from South America are limited and based on single-center experiences. To date, no multicenter studies evaluated the results of LLR in South America. The aim of this study was to evaluate the experience and results with LLR in South American centers. METHODS: From February to November 2019, a survey about LLR was conducted in 61 hepatobiliary centers in South America, composed by 20 questions concerning demographic characteristics, surgical data, and perioperative results. RESULTS: Fifty-one (83.6%) centers from seven different countries answered the survey. A total of 2887 LLR were performed, as follows: Argentina (928), Brazil (1326), Chile (322), Colombia (210), Paraguay (9), Peru (75), and Uruguay (8). The first program began in 1997; however, the majority (60.7%) started after 2010. The percentage of LLR over open resections was 28.4% (4.4-84%). Of the total, 76.5% were minor hepatectomies and 23.5% major, including 266 right hepatectomies and 343 left hepatectomies. The conversion rate was 9.7%, overall morbidity 13%, and mortality 0.7%. CONCLUSIONS: This is the largest study assessing the dissemination and results of LLR in South America. It showed an increasing number of centers performing LLR with the promising perioperative results, aligned with other worldwide excellence centers.
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Laparoscopy , Liver Neoplasms , Argentina , Asia , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Europe , Hepatectomy , Humans , Liver , Liver Neoplasms/surgery , PeruABSTRACT
Säo apresentados os resultados de pesca e induçäo da reproduçäo de peixes coletados a jusante da UHE Itutinga (CEMIG), no Rio Grande. Foi realizada avaliaçäo da condiçäo reprodutiva dos peixes que alcançavam aquela parte do Rio, baseada na identificaçäo macroscópica do sexo e estádio de maturaçäo gonadal (EMG) e do cálculo do índice gonadossomático (IGS). Exemplares de curimbatá (Prochilodus scrofa), piapara (Leporinus elongatus) e piau (Leporinus friderici) foram submetidos à reproduçäo induzida. Tanto piaparas quanto piaus responderam positivamente à induçäo da reproduçäo. Ficou comprovada a viabilidade técnica e econômica desta técnica de manejo para a propagaçäo de espécies de peixes impossibilitadas de migrarem rio acima