External validation of different difficulty scoring systems of laparoscopic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

ConclusionsAll DSSs performed well in predicting applying bleeding control, surgical time, estimated blood loss, postoperative major complications, and postoperative hospital stay, while only the IWATE-DSS was able to predict whether conversion to laparotomy or not for HCC patients underwent LLR. The IWATE-DSS was also able to help surgeons on the LLR learning curve choose cases and guide clinical practices.
Source: Surgical Endoscopy - Category: Surgery Source Type: research