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Comparison Between Cox Proportional Hazards and Machine Learning Models for the Prognostication of Recurrence and Survival Following Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hwee-Leong Tan, Claudia Y. T. Liauw, Tse-Lert Chua, Amanda Y. R. Lam, Cliburn Chan, Ye-Xin Koh, Jin-Yao Teo, Peng-Chung Cheow, Alexander Y. F. Chung, Brian K. P. Goh, 
  •  20 July 2025
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The Usefulness of the Arantius Ligament Hanging Maneuver in Laparoscopic Caudate Lobectomy for the Tumor in the Paracaval Portion

Yukihiro Okuda, Toyonari Kubota, Yuta Nishikawa, Masazumi Sakaguchi, Nobuyuki Tamaki, Tomohiko Mori, Kazuhiro Kami, Koichi Matsuo, Koichiro Hata, 
  •  20 July 2025
INVITED ARTICLE

Observership to Japan: What I Experienced in Japan and What I Will Practice in My Country

Luisa Carmela G. Bragais, 
  •  18 July 2025
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Development of IKOMAP Formulas for Determining Appropriate Liver Transection Line in Ultrasound-Guided Minimally Invasive Partial Hepatectomy Considering Liver Inclination

Yusuke Yamamoto, Ryo Morimura, Taisuke Imamura, Hisashi Ikoma, Hiroki Shimizu, Tomohiro Arita, Hirotaka Konishi, Takeshi Kubota, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Atsushi Shiozaki, 
  •  17 July 2025
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Patients With Pancreatic Cancer With Synchronous Liver Oligometastasis Show a Significant Long‐Term Survival Benefit From Resection Under Specific Conditions: A Multicenter National Cohort Study

Kohei Nakata, Yoshihiro Miyasaka, Takeaki Ishizawa, Masayuki Ohtsuka, Masamichi Mizuma, Sohei Satoi, Masaaki Hidaka, Shuji Suzuki, Hiroshi Kurahara, Chie Kitami, Satoshi Hirano, Dongha Lee, Saiho Ko, Munenori Tahara, Isaku Yoshioka, Kenjiro Date, Kazuyuki Nagai, Goro Honda, Shugo Mizuno, Kenichi Hakamada, Yasuro Futagawa, Shigeru Marubashi, Hiroshi Yoshida, Akihiko Horiguchi, Yasuo Hosouchi, Masafumi Imamura, Naoto Gotohda, Hiroaki Nagano, Masaji Tani, Takeshi Sudo, Teijiro Hirashita, Junichi Arita, Katsutoshi Murase, Ken Fukumitsu, Toshiki Rikiyama, Teruyuki Usuba, Toshiya Abe, Masafumi Nakamura, Itaru Endo, 
  •  13 July 2025
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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos)

Masamichi Yokoe, Jiro Hata, Tadahiro Takada, Steven M. Strasberg, Horacio J. Asbun, Go Wakabayashi, Kazuto Kozaka, Itaru Endo, Daniel J. Deziel, Fumihiko Miura, Kohji Okamoto, Tsann-Long Hwang, Wayne Shih-Wei Huang, Chen-Guo Ker, Miin-Fu Chen, Ho-Seong Han, Yoo-Seok Yoon, In-Seok Choi, Dong-Sup Yoon, Yoshinori Noguchi, Satoru Shikata, Tomohiko Ukai, Ryota Higuchi, Toshifumi Gabata, Yasuhisa Mori, Yukio Iwashita, Taizo Hibi, Palepu Jagannath, Eduard Jonas, Kui-Hin Liau, Christos Dervenis, Dirk J. Gouma, Daniel Cherqui, Giulio Belli, O. James Garden, Mariano Eduardo Giménez, Eduardo de Santibañes, Kenji Suzuki, Akiko Umezawa, Avinash Nivritti Supe, Henry A. Pitt, Harjit Singh, Angus C. W. Chan, Wan Yee Lau, Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh, Goro Honda, Atsushi Sugioka, Koji Asai, Harumi Gomi, Takao Itoi, Seiki Kiriyama, Masahiro Yoshida, Toshihiko Mayumi, Naoki Matsumura, Hiromi Tokumura, Seigo Kitano, Koichi Hirata, Kazuo Inui, Yoshinobu Sumiyama, Masakazu Yamamoto, 
  •  41-54
  •  15 October 2017

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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos) Issue 1, 2018

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The TG13 for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis are widely used and clinical studies have been reported worldwide. Yokoe and colleagues conducted a literature review to confirm the clinical impact of the TG13 diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis. As a result, the TG18/TG13 version was released without modification.

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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis

Kohji Okamoto, Kenji Suzuki, Tadahiro Takada, Steven M. Strasberg, Horacio J. Asbun, Itaru Endo, Yukio Iwashita, Taizo Hibi, Henry A. Pitt, Akiko Umezawa, Koji Asai, Ho-Seong Han, Tsann-Long Hwang, Yasuhisa Mori, Yoo-Seok Yoon, Wayne Shih-Wei Huang, Giulio Belli, Christos Dervenis, Masamichi Yokoe, Seiki Kiriyama, Takao Itoi, Palepu Jagannath, O. James Garden, Fumihiko Miura, Masafumi Nakamura, Akihiko Horiguchi, Go Wakabayashi, Daniel Cherqui, Eduardo de Santibañes, Satoru Shikata, Yoshinori Noguchi, Tomohiko Ukai, Ryota Higuchi, Keita Wada, Goro Honda, Avinash Nivritti Supe, Masahiro Yoshida, Toshihiko Mayumi, Dirk J. Gouma, Daniel J. Deziel, Kui-Hin Liau, Miin-Fu Chen, Kazunori Shibao, Keng-Hao Liu, Cheng-Hsi Su, Angus C. W. Chan, Dong-Sup Yoon, In-Seok Choi, Eduard Jonas, Xiao-Ping Chen, Sheung Tat Fan, Chen-Guo Ker, Mariano Eduardo Giménez, Seigo Kitano, Masafumi Inomata, Koichi Hirata, Kazuo Inui, Yoshinobu Sumiyama, Masakazu Yamamoto, 
  •  55-72
  •  16 October 2017

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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis Issue 1, 2018

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Okamoto and colleagues propose in the TG18 that some cases of Grade III acute cholecystitis that satisfy certain strict criteria in terms of predictive factor, Charlson Comorbidity Index, and American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification can be treated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy if performed at advanced centers by experienced surgeons.

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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos)

Seiki Kiriyama, Kazuto Kozaka, Tadahiro Takada, Steven M. Strasberg, Henry A. Pitt, Toshifumi Gabata, Jiro Hata, Kui-Hin Liau, Fumihiko Miura, Akihiko Horiguchi, Keng-Hao Liu, Cheng-Hsi Su, Keita Wada, Palepu Jagannath, Takao Itoi, Dirk J. Gouma, Yasuhisa Mori, Shuntaro Mukai, Mariano Eduardo Giménez, Wayne Shih-Wei Huang, Myung-Hwan Kim, Kohji Okamoto, Giulio Belli, Christos Dervenis, Angus C. W. Chan, Wan Yee Lau, Itaru Endo, Harumi Gomi, Masahiro Yoshida, Toshihiko Mayumi, Todd H. Baron, Eduardo de Santibañes, Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh, Tsann-Long Hwang, Chen-Guo Ker, Miin-Fu Chen, Ho-Seong Han, Yoo-Seok Yoon, In-Seok Choi, Dong-Sup Yoon, Ryota Higuchi, Seigo Kitano, Masafumi Inomata, Daniel J. Deziel, Eduard Jonas, Koichi Hirata, Yoshinobu Sumiyama, Kazuo Inui, Masakazu Yamamoto, 
  •  17-30
  •  15 October 2017

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Kiriyama and colleagues conducted a systematic review of the literature to validate the TG13 diagnostic and severity grading criteria for acute cholangitis. A large-scale case series study in Japan and Taiwan served as the main basis for the validation. They recommend that the TG13 criteria be adopted in the TG18.

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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: surgical management of acute cholecystitis: safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis (with videos)

Go Wakabayashi, Yukio Iwashita, Taizo Hibi, Tadahiro Takada, Steven M. Strasberg, Horacio J. Asbun, Itaru Endo, Akiko Umezawa, Koji Asai, Kenji Suzuki, Yasuhisa Mori, Kohji Okamoto, Henry A. Pitt, Ho-Seong Han, Tsann-Long Hwang, Yoo-Seok Yoon, Dong-Sup Yoon, In-Seok Choi, Wayne Shih-Wei Huang, Mariano Eduardo Giménez, O. James Garden, Dirk J. Gouma, Giulio Belli, Christos Dervenis, Palepu Jagannath, Angus C. W. Chan, Wan Yee Lau, Keng-Hao Liu, Cheng-Hsi Su, Takeyuki Misawa, Masafumi Nakamura, Akihiko Horiguchi, Nobumi Tagaya, Shuichi Fujioka, Ryota Higuchi, Satoru Shikata, Yoshinori Noguchi, Tomohiko Ukai, Masamichi Yokoe, Daniel Cherqui, Goro Honda, Atsushi Sugioka, Eduardo de Santibañes, Avinash Nivritti Supe, Hiromi Tokumura, Taizo Kimura, Masahiro Yoshida, Toshihiko Mayumi, Seigo Kitano, Masafumi Inomata, Koichi Hirata, Yoshinobu Sumiyama, Kazuo Inui, Masakazu Yamamoto, 
  •  73-86
  •  2 November 2017

Graphical Abstract

Tokyo Guidelines 2018: surgical management of acute cholecystitis: safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis (with videos) Issue 1, 2018

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A bail-out procedure should be chosen to prevent bile duct injury if a critical view of safety (CVS) cannot be achieved because of the presence of nondissectable scarring or severe fibrosis.

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A novel difficulty scoring system for laparoscopic liver resection

Daisuke Ban, Minoru Tanabe, Hiromitsu Ito, Yuichiro Otsuka, Hiroyuki Nitta, Yuta Abe, Yasushi Hasegawa, Toshio Katagiri, Chisato Takagi, Osamu Itano, Hironori Kaneko, Go Wakabayashi, 
  •  745-753
  •  21 September 2014
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