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⭐️IHPBA Membership for 2026 is now open⭐️

Renew your membership dues or join today to stay connected with the global HPB community.

👉for more information please visit here: tinyurl.com/4phum2tb

🏥 ERAS in liver surgery (Vercauteren et al., 2025):
✅ CP2 = ↓LOS 4→2 days ⏱️, safe (no ↑mortality, readmission, morbidity)
🤖 More MIS/robotic use in CP2, improved protocol adherence
👉 Discharge delays now mostly due to social/logistical, not clinical factors
#LiverSurgery #ERAS #HPB

🧪 FDG-PET/CT in PDAC (McKay et al., 2025):
➕More MDTs & tests, +20.5 days delay ⏳
❌No better local staging, detection of resectability, or 12-mo survival
🚨Detected occult metastases VS treatment delays
👉 MRI liver may be key for occult mets 🔍
🔗https://tinyurl.com/42u39mcr

The Liver Digital Twins Webinar: Transforming HPB Surgery through virtual modelling is happening next week

22 September
12.00-13.00 BST

Register here: 🔗http://tinyurl.com/yc7m2r3j

🌍 The deadline for the IHPBA Early Career Research Seed Grant is 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟓 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓. For more information and to apply visit here:
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3f3w98

HPB Journal Highlight
🩺 Lap chole in cirrhosis: safe in CTP A/B but higher complications⚠️
🚨CTP C mortality ~78% → avoid surgery but NOM high failure rate
👉Need for prospective studies on risk stratification of these patients (Wiseman et al., 2025)
🔗https://tinyurl.com/mtfmdffx

Happening this week 👇

IHPBA Early Career Group Webinar 🌏
Topic: Uncinate Process Cancer 🎯
11:00 BST / 19:00 JST ⏰
Register here: bit.ly/ECGRoadshowU...

⭐️Published in HPB Journal⭐️
Panettieri et al. report results from an international survey on the use of preoperative chemotherapy in multimodality treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA).
Read in full here🔗https://tinyurl.com/yc5ew3jr

🌍 The IHPBA Early Career Research Seed Grant deadline is approaching on 𝟏𝟓 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 .

👉Learn more and apply here: tinyurl.com/mr3f3w98

🚨 Don’t miss the upcoming IHPBA Early Career Group Webinar!
🎯 Topic: Uncinate Process Cancer
📅 11 Sept ⏰ 11:00 BST / 19:00 JST

👉Register here🔗http://bit.ly/ECGRoadshowUncinateProcessCancer

#EarlyCareer #IHPBA #IHPBAECG

📊 Esparham et al. (USA) studied liver resection outcomes in obese vs non-obese pts using national data 🇺🇸
⚠️ Obesity linked to ↑ risk of some complications
No difference in mortality
💰Higher costs for obese pts
🛏️Similar hospital stay
🔗https://tinyurl.com/2su7t93b

🌟 Join us for an insightful webinar featuring Dr. Yujia Gao and Professor Eric Vibert as they present their groundbreaking work on liver digital twin technologies 🌟
📅22 September 2025
⏲️12.00-13.00 BST

Register here: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/yc7m2r3j

HPB Journal Highlight ⭐️
🧬 Varty et al. (India) on rare ASGBC
📊200 pts: early (9.7%) | adv (27%) | mets (63%)
✂️~19% resected
📉Shorter survival vs adenoca, esp. locally adv (14.5 vs 30.1 mo)
🔗https://tinyurl.com/5n7m27r3
#ASGBC #GallbladderCancer #HPBsurgery

HPB Journal Highlight ⭐ EuroLVD update. Joliat et al. report 200+pts w/ liver mets getting portal + hepatic vein embolization

📈 Big FLR growth
✂️ ~74% had hepatectomy
⚠️ ~50% post-op complications (expected range)
✅ LVD = high success, enables surgery in borderline cases

🔗 lnkd.in/eBnnAmAT

📢 HPB Fellowship Directors: IHPBA invites you to contribute to its Fellowship Registry— connecting surgical training programs with aspiring HPB surgeons worldwide 🌍.

👉 Submit your fellowship details here:
tinyurl.com/wf98f55n

🎙️ Don’t miss the upcoming IHPBA Early Career Group webinar!
📅 11 September 11.00 BST/ 19.00 JST
👉 Register here: bit.ly/ECGRoadshowU...

#EarlyCareer #IHPBA #IHPBAECG

HPB Journal Highlight ⭐️Ishida et al. Global survey shows big variation in how surgeons manage neck of pancreas cancers, especially with vascular involvement. Highlights the need for future studies & clearer guidelines! 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3myun89t 📊🌎 #PancreaticCancer #HPBSurgery

HPB Journal Highlight 📊Bradley et al: Two studies show pancreatic cysts & IPMNs in solid organ transplant patients don’t have higher cancer risk vs. others. No need to delay listing or change follow-up protocols! 👍
🔗https://tinyurl.com/dyj6a9a8
#TransplantSurgery #Pancreas #HPB

Don't miss the next ECG Roadshow Webinar: Uncinate Process Cancer. Register today: bit.ly/ECGRoadshowU...
#EarlyCareer #IHPBA

⭐️IHPBA Kenneth Warren Fellowship Spotlight ⭐️

Congratulations to Dr. Mattia Ballo, one of the 2025–2026 IHPBA Kenneth Warren Fellowship awardees! 👏

Apply Now: IHPBA Early Career Research Seed Grant
For more information, and to apply, visit: bit.ly/ECGResearchGrant

⭐️IHPBA Kenneth Warren Fellowship Spotlight⭐️

Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Esser, one of the 2025–2026 IHPBA Kenneth Warren Fellowship awardees! 👏

Excellent engagement at today’s meeting on the IHPBA Global Guidelines for managing patients with HCC in resource-constrained settings. Proud to be part of this global collaboration aimed at improving outcomes and standardising care for liver cancer patients worldwide. 🌍📊 🤝

HPB Journal Highlight: 🌍✨ Falola et al: Minimally invasive HPB surgery (laparoscopic & robotic) can work in low- and middle-income countries too! Faster recovery, quicker return to work — despite debate over advanced tech 🔗https://tinyurl.com/56jzavjc #GlobalSurgery #Innovation

📊Reese et al. surveyed 212 liver surgeons on future liver remnant (FLR) volumetry before major liver surgery. Only 48% routinely assess FLR before right hemihepatectomy, while 21% rarely/never.Variability calls for better standards perhaps incorporating eval of function 🔗https://tinyurl.com/2md5stfr

📢 Join us for a webinar on improving HPB surgery outcomes: Optimizing Patient Outcomes with Brian Goh 🗓️ Tuesday 1 July | 🕐 13:00 BST. Learn about the VIBe scale and bleeding management in complex cases.
Presented with IHPBA corporate partner Baxter 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/VIBeScaleWebinar

The June Newsletter – E-AHPBA Conference Dublin 2025 edition 🇮🇪 – from the Gallbladder Cancer Registry is now available on the IHPBA Website. To read the newsletter please visit here: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/54ht48te
#HepatoPancreatoBiliary #GBC #EAHPBA2025 #IHPBA

➡️HPB Journal Highlight 📉 Cullinane et al. found no benefit of somatostatin analogues in preventing postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatic surgery (meta-analysis, 6947 pts). Routine use not recommended! 🚫🩺
🔗https://tinyurl.com/3chcjf8j
#PancreaticSurgery

✅An excellent E-AHPBA Congress in Dublin — great to see so many members 👏

📅 Mark your calendars for:
🌟 The 17th IHPBA World Congress
📍 Singapore | 🗓️ 28–31 October 2026 🌏
🔔 Program and speaker updates coming soon here: tinyurl.com/27w83tt5

Will we see you there?