Ricerc@Sapienza

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is the second most prevalent primary liver neoplasm after hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), corresponding to 10% to 15% of cases. Pathologies that cause chronic biliary inflammation and bile stasis are known predisposing factors for development of ICC. The incidence and cancer-related mortality of ICC is increasing worldwide. Most patients remain asymptomatic until advance stage, commonly presenting with a liver mass incidentally diagnosed. The only potentially curative treatment available for ICC is surgical resection.

The first anatomic lung resection was performed through video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in 1992. Since then, VATS technique has been evolving in terms of clinical indications and surgical technique for early stage (I or II) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment.

Aim Patient- and disease-related factors, as well asoperation technique, all have the potential to impact onpostoperative outcome in Crohn’s disease. The availableevidence is based on small series and often displays con-?icting results. The aim was to investigate the effect ofpreoperative and intra-operative risk factors on 30-daypostoperative outcome in patients undergoing surgeryfor Crohn’s disease.Method This was an international prospective snapshotaudit including consecutive patients undergoing righthemicolectomy or ileocaecal resection.