Harms ๐ and benefits ๐ผ of Pancreatic Cyst Surveillance Guidelines - 3 guidelines compared
@amergastroassn.bsky.social @gastroenterology.bsky.social
๐ Overall Harm-to-benefit ratio disappointing ๐
โ STOP surveillance in stable cysts not harm
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Amazing international team at the #Wirsung2026 Pancreas Conference in @hpdsurgery.bsky.social Padova
Great minds - great connections - true friendship
๐ฎ๐น๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ท
@marcbesselink.bsky.social
๐ต Post pancreatectomy mortality: the new seminal paper from
ISGPS
๐ occurring within 90 days from pancreatectomy linked to it through root-cause analysis
3๏ธโฃ categories โ๏ธ vascular complexity ๐ฆ pancreas specific ๐ซ C/P sudden
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@marcbesselink.bsky.social
Celiac axis stenosis ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ the unknown risk factors for additional morbidity after a pancreatoduodenectomy
๐ต CAS incidence 16% in 1.7k cases published in Annals of Surgery
๐จ Grade B/C associated bile leak, liver perfusion failure, gastric ischemia
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New paper!
Long Term Metabolic Outcomes Following Pancreatectomy and Autologous Islet Transplantation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
โคต๏ธโคต๏ธโคต๏ธ
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
โ๏ธ Does venous resection affect the delivery of adjuvant chemoterapy?
๐ฎ๐น ๐จ๐ณ 280 resected veins / 68% ISGPS type 3
๐ 70% received adjuvant chemo prolonging survival
โ Disclaimer: authors favors neoadj chemo, conceptually always!
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Minimally Invasive ๐ค ๐ค Open Pancreatoduodenectomy for Resectable Neoplasms @nejm.org @marcbesselink.bsky.social ๐ด๐ด
๐ฅ RCT 288 pts / 14 centers
๐ค Conversion 8% but โคต๏ธ time to functional recovery, POPF, SSI
๐ค MI not inferior (in expert hands - in both casesโฆ)
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๐ฆ Use and management of drains in pancreas surgery remains controversial
๐ MA of 17 RCT - 4k patients out now in @bjsopen.bsky.social
๐ Whipple level 1a: selective early drain removal
๐ Left panc: no drain policy
๐๏ธ Do you stick to highest level of evidence?! ๐ซต
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A great honor to serve as faculty for the course in advanced pancreas surgery at @umeauniversitet.bsky.social ๐ธ๐ช led by @asifhalimi.bsky.social ๐ซถ
An amazing experience to learn and exchange knowledge on an evolving / crucial issue!
What is your anticoagulation practice ๐ after portal vein resection in pancreas surgery ?!
๐งโ๐งโ๐งโ๐ง 1k pts / 90 days thrombosis 7% in Annals of Surgery
๐ฎ Predictors resection type / graft material
๐ฉธ Therapeutic anticoagulation ๐ early thrombosis but ๐ at 90 days
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Itโs out!!! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ The PREOPANC-2 is in @thelancet.com
Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX ๐ค๐ค Gemcitabine based chemoradiotherapy in resecatble / BR
โ๏ธ No difference in overall survival
๐ฐ Serious adverse events 40%
๐ Both regimens may be considered
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Pancreas2000 is the official postgraduate course of the EPC @myueg.bsky.social
Aimed at fostering the new generation of pancreatologistsโฆ almost 2 years with 5 in person meetings! #science #passion #education and #pancreas
๐ซต Join us! Applications open in October
Amazing #Yellowstone National Park ๐๏ธ
โฐ Early onset of GI cancers โ๏ธ a window for prompt diagnosis / therapy @bjsurgery.bsky.social
โ๏ธIncidence in <50 y/o rising particularly in ๐บ
๐งฌ Germline mutations but most sporadic
๐ฌ Modifiable factors smoke/alcohol/diet
๐ฌ Multidisciplinarity + research needed
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Non-pancreatic neoplasms in and around the ๐ชท ampulla of Vater: International Guidelines
๐ฌ Optimal pathology assessment ๐ค Multidisciplinary pathways leading to best treatment
๐ Future research line have been defined in @myueg.bsky.social journal!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ueโฆ
๐ฃ๐ฃ Liver Transplantation For Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: does sex matter?!
โ๏ธ Post LT recurrence liver > F; ๐ซ only in M
๐ฎ Survival predicted by CEA, ๐ sided CRC, tumor size, ๐งฌ KRAS mutation
๐ Selection criteria key factor
www.jhep-reports.eu/article/S258...
@jhepatology.bsky.social
What to do when recurrent acute pancreatitis ๐ค is the only worrisome feature of a BD-IPMN ๐?!
Even more tricky in case of comorbidities like liver fibrosis โฆ โ๏ธ where do you set your threshold for surgery?! ๐ง
What is "Conversion surgery" ๐โก๏ธ๐ฆ for upfront unresectable upper GI and HPB cancers โ๏ธ
๐ Triggered by improvements in non surgical therapies ๐งฐ Many techniques included
๐ Able to improve survival!
๐ก All u need to know โฌ comprehensive review in @bjsopen.bsky.social
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Is it possible to attend 4๏ธโฃ LAPC cases simultaneously?! ๐ only at University Hospital Heidelberg (UKHD) ๐ฉ๐ช!!!
A unique team led by Christoph Michalski paving the way to treat pancreas cancer in a modern fashion, taking into account biology ๐งฌ and โextremeโ surgery ๐ชก
Out now in @sages.org journal!
POPF ๐ณ after distal pancreatectomy still a poorly understood complication ๐
๐ International validation of the fistula risk score 800 pts
๐งฏPOPF predicted by BMI, NAT, robot approach ๐ค
FRS insufficient discrimination ๐ง !!!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
So honored to be part of this!!!
๐๐๐ช
I see #pancreas everywhere - Japan ๐ฏ๐ต edition
#HPBSky
With @hannesjsson.bsky.social @asifhalimi.bsky.social and many more!
๐ฏ๐ต My keynote lecture at the 37th Japanese Society of HPB Surgery
From ๐ฎ prediction to ๐งฏprevention of complications in pancreas surgeryโฆ a risk based approach to ๐ณ POPF assessing POH ๐งช and PPAP!
Thank you for having me, HPB conferences in Japan are simply impossible to beat ๐คฏ
My invited talk at @EAHPBA 2025 ๐ฎ๐ช was about IPMN ๐ and related carcinoma
A very slippery ๐งฝ topic!!!
Indeed 2๏ธโฃ different entities in 1๏ธโฃโฆ
IPMN derived cancer follow distinct ๐งฌ pathways ๐ conventional PDAC but are way less explored (NOT a single RCT) ๐ knowledge gap!
Super excited to meet this fantastic Pancreas star โญ๏ธ at the EAHPBA congress right from the @myueg.bsky.social presidency!!!
Thank you @maloehr.bsky.social
United for the pancreas, always!
๐ต The European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA) mentorship program is ready to take off ๐ซ again!
So excited to serve as a mentor also for the second edition after a previous successful journey
IPMN ๐ without HRS and long term risk of cancer development @bmj.com
๐ฏ๐ต 2.5k pts > 5 years surveillance
๐ซง IPMN size and growth predict cancer within 5 years
๐ค MPD diameter at 5 years predicts cancer after 5 years
gut.bmj.com/content/74/6...
๐จ From @ascocancer.bsky.social 2025
๐ Preop chemo with PAXG ๐ mFOLFIRINOX for extending event-free survival (EFS) in resectable or BR PDAC (phase 3 CASSANDRA trial)
๐ PAXG 3-year EFS 31% vs. 13% P = .003
๐ซธ Immature analysis for survival but.. future practice changing?! ๐ง
@ascopost.bsky.social
Postop โฌ๏ธ amylasemia and acute pancreatitis ๐งช systematic review and meta analysis
๐ณ POH predicts POPF
โก๏ธ PPAP causes POPF, DGE, PPH and mortality
๐ Check amylase early and get ready to mitigate ๐งฏpostop complications!
#HPBSky #SurgSky
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