Validate the Difficulty Scoring System and Develop a Novel Scoring System for Laparoscopic and Robotic Liver Resections

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Liver Diseases

In brief

To validate the Iwate difficulty scoring system and Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM) scoring system (Appendix 2) in both laparoscopic and robotic liver resections

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05224739

Run by

Methodist Health System

People needed

150

Starts

2021-07-16

Expected to finish

2024-11-16

Last updated by the study team

2024-03-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 79. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All consecutive patients operated at a single institution during a fixed period
• Most recent operation date allowed (up till December 31, 2020, to allow three months follow-up).
• All minimally invasive hepatectomy approaches can be included, including lap- assisted (hybrid), hand-assisted, robotic-assisted and pure laparoscopy.
• The data of all patients including those that had repeat liver resections, concomitant surgeries (e.g. colectomies, hilar lymph node dissection, enbloc resections) may be included
• Patients with no "liver tumors" such as recurrent pyogenic cholangitis/ gallbladder may be included
• The site of the "lesion/ pathology" will be considered as the tumor site, size will be considered less than 3 cm unless tumor invades the liver.

You may not qualify if…

• • Patients < 18 years of age
• Patients with liver transplant living donor hepatectomies

Where it is running

• Liver Institute of Methodist Dallas Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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