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Joined April 2024
What a week to conclude my Presidency of @APHPBA! Living Legend Lectures, Presidential Lecture, new multicentre research collaborations, and Global Outreach Programs — aimed at enhancing HPB care across the Asia-Pacific region @hpbsurgeon1
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🤗Coming to #ILLS2026 in Málaga🇪🇸? 📅 June 17–19, 2026 📍 Málaga, Spain 📝 Abstracts until Feb 28 2026 📣Submission is NOW OPEN! 🔗 Submit: https://t.co/e4RT8QLVFh 🌍 Official website: https://t.co/4TZFb7x0NQ Share your latest HPB & MILR work! @IHPBA @EAHPBA @APHPBA @AHPBA
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📣 ONE WEEK TO GO! Abstract submission closes DEC 4❄️ The 38th #JSHBPS Meeting will be hosted by Congress Chair Prof.Masayuki Sho & Nara Medical Univ team🙌🏼 Follow the official congress account for updates👉@JSHBPS2026 🦌 🔗 Waiting for your abstract🤗: https://t.co/atExtZXrSF
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A meta-analysis shows that in liver disease due to alcohol use, psychosocial therapy reduces return-to-drinking by ~50%: 👉 Treating AUD in CLD is NOT just about prescribing pills. 👉 Psychosocial therapy + pharmacotherapy = best outcomes. Offer both ! https://t.co/Enl66kRowV
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Guided Classification Improves Outcomes in Pancreatic Surgery by Huang Y, Hu H (...) He T et 2 al. in J Robot Surg 🪡 read our summary 👉 https://t.co/NKm8LeUS8U 📖 read the article:
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Journal of Robotic Surgery - Surgical resection of benign and low-grade malignant pancreatic tumors is challenging due to anatomical complexity and the need to preserve function. Current strategies...
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@ZhiVenFongMD @HalletJulie @MarcBesselink @DrJashDatta @SyedAAhmad5 @NEJM 👆 hits the nail on the head. Robotic PD can’t and should not be widely adopted. It’s too complex. But it’s CLEARLY acceptable in the right setting with the right surgeon. It’s not better than open, but can be equivalent. But as I said before, first priority is be a good surgeon.
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Patients were blinded to the surgery until POD 5? How to you even pull that off? Wow. Congrats @MarcBesselink Minimally Invasive versus Open Pancreatoduodenectomy for Resectable Neoplasms @NEJM
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Minimally invasive pancreatoduodenectomy (MIPD) might accelerate postoperative recovery in patients with primary resectable neoplasm compared with open pancreatoduodenectomy (OPD), although the saf...
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✂️ Does venous resection affect the delivery of adjuvant chemoterapy? 🇮🇹 🇨🇳 280 resected veins / 68% ISGPS type 3 💉 70% received adjuvant chemo prolonging survival ✋ Disclaimer: authors favors neoadj chemo, conceptually always! https://t.co/WvjqDtKzeZ
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MUST READ Current management of chronic mesenteric ischemia: A comprehensive review Dr Ajay Savlania https://t.co/JKGOylZVhA
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Radical extrahepatic cyst excision was an effective and safe approach for I-IPBD compared with subtotal extrahepatic cyst excision.
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(I-IPBD). Background: The application of REC and SEC in I-IPBD remains debated. Methods: The multicenter study recruited I-IPBDs who underwent REC or SEC from 5 centers between 2006 and 2024. The...
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Minimally Invasive 🤜 🤛 Open Pancreatoduodenectomy for Resectable Neoplasms @NEJMEvidence 🔴🔴 🏥 RCT 288 pts / 14 centers 🤖 Conversion 8% but ⤵️ time to functional recovery, POPF, SSI 🤝 MI not inferior (in expert hands - in both cases…) https://t.co/xzPITj7Gc0
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Is minimally invasive (robot) #Whipple surgery just as safe as open surgery? Today: #DIPLOMA2 RCT in @NEJMEvidence ➡️ https://t.co/amrQ7hTk4O 288 patients, 14 expert centers, 6 countries 🇳🇱🇮🇹🇩🇪🇧🇪🇪🇸🇸🇪): MIS equally safe as open in experienced centers. With faster recovery,
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🌏 Hey HPB fam: we need ur follow power! 🫶🏻 Under the leadership of Prof. Teh @hpbsurgeon1 the @APHPBA is on a mission to engage the 🌏 Follow us for 🧠Surgical anatomy & history quizzes 🎥Interviews & fellowship insights 🗺️Congress updates (with a twist!) 😎And yes HPB memes
HPB colleagues around the world - we need your support🙏🏼 Plz follow the official @APHPBA Social Media accounts & help us grow our HPB community across the Asia-Pacific area (and the whole world)🌏 Under the amazing leadership of Prof. Teh @hpbsurgeon1 , our subcommittee started
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Molecular & Translational Frontier 🎯 Molecular profiling & targeted therapy expanding rapidly 💉 HAI pump therapy and transplantation = promising horizon
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Grateful to @APHPBA for the invitation! Our Division Chief Dr. @chiaro_del joined the “Meet the Experts” session discussing advances in pancreatic cancer treatment and delivered a keynote on LAPC. @CUSurgOnc
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1️⃣ Anatomy & Pathology 📍ICC arises from intrahepatic bile ducts — distinct from HCC. HCC: 🧈 Soft tumor / 🪨 Hard liver (cirrhotic) ICC: 🪨 Hard tumor / 🧈 Soft liver (non-cirrhotic)
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2️⃣ PET-CT in ICC 🧠 Changes surgical plan in ~30% of cases 🔍 Detects occult metastasis in 20–30% → prevents futile surgery
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3️⃣ Surgical Principles ✂️ Margin >1 cm → improved long-term survival 🧾 Lymphadenectomy ≥6 nodes → accurate staging & prognostic value
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4️⃣ Satellite Lesions vs Intrahepatic Metastases 🧬 Both carry unique prognostic impact 🔬 Genomic profiling differentiates origin & predicts recurrence patterns
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6️⃣ Machine Learning–Based ICC Classification 🤖 Three molecular subtypes: 🧩 Common 🔥 Proliferative 💧 Inflammatory Each subtype guides biologic behavior & therapy
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