List of ISLSsg.org endorsed studies currently recruiting centers worldwide:
*Each study group leader has an equal responsibility for the project.
LDLT-RECIPIENT Study
Study Group Leaders: Dong-Jin Joo (Yonsei University, Korea), Gonzalo Sapisochin (University of Toronto, Canada)
Title: Risk factor analysis of HCC recurrence after living donor liver transplantation.
LDLT-DONOR Study
Study Group Leaders: Prashant Bhangui (Medanta Institute, India), Dong Hwan Jung (Asan Medical Center, Korea)
Title: Impact of complex bilio-vascular donor anatomy on donor and recipient morbidity in adult LDLT.
DDLT-RECIPIENT Study
Study Group Leaders: Dong-Sik Kim (Korea University, Korea), Karim Halazun (Cornell University, USA)
Title: Study development of futility index in deceased donor liver transplantation.
DDLT-DONOR-Basic Science Study
Study Group Leaders: Burcin Ekser (Indiana University, USA), Cristiano Quintini (Cleveland Clinic, USA)
Title: Early Allograft Dysfunction (EAD) in Liver Transplantation: Is it valid internationally?
CHOLANGIO CA Study
Study Group Leaders: Jong Man Kim (Samsung Medical Center, Korea), Silvio Nadalin (Tubingen University, Germany)
Title: Surgical and oncological outcomes of laparoscopic versus open liver resection for intrahepatic CCA.
HCC Study
Study Group Leaders: Albert Chan (Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong), Parissa Tabrizian (MT. Sinai New York, USA)
Title: Curative resection following neoadjuvant therapy in patients with high-risk HCC features.
METASTATIC LIVER CA Study
Study Group Leaders: Ruslan Alikhanov (MCSC-Moscow, Russia), Henrik Petrowsky (Zurich University, Switzerland)
PANCREAS Study
Study Group Leaders: Fabrizio Di Benedetto (Modena University, Italy), Orlando J. Torres (Maranhão Federal University, Brazil)
Title: Liver resection for synchronous metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
MINIMALLY INVASIVE LS Study
Study Group Leaders: Alfred Kow (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Fernando Rotellar (University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain)
ilts/isls study on live donor safety
Study Group Leaders: Gokhan Kabacam, Nazia Selzner
Quality of Life
SG Leaders: Alejandro Serrablo, Giovanni Marchegani
Title: Quality of Life after ancreatoduodenectomy
Dual vs Single HOPE
SG Leaders: Krishna Menon, Abdul Rahman Hakeem
Title: Dual versus Single Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion: A Multicentre Study
CONVERSE Study
SG Leaders: Umberto Cillo, Alessandro Vitale
AI in MIS Donor Hepatectomy
SG Leaders: Oh Nam Kee, Alfred Kow Wei Chieh
Title: Validation of AI deep learning algorithm in MIS donor hepatectomy in LDLT
LiVR Education
SG Leaders: Tobias Huber, Hauke Lang
Title: LiVR Education – comprehension of liver anatomy using mixed reality technologies
Approach Comparison in Liver Tumors
SG Leaders: Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Paolo Magistri
Title: Robotic, versus laparoscopic, versus open approach for large and exophytic liver tumors
Salvage Transplantation Outcomes
SG Leaders: Karim Halazun, Parissa Tabrizian
Title: Outcomes of Salvage Transplantation in Adult Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Emergency Total Hepatectomy
SG Leaders: Henrik Petrowsky (Zurich, Switzerland), Silvio Nadalin (Tuebingen, Germany)
HCC with RA Tumor Thrombus
SG Leaders: Ruslan Alikhanov (Russia), Albert Chan (Hong Kong)
Title: HCC with right atrium tumor thrombus: risk factors for prognosis and postresectional outcome
IBCRLM – Unique Features
SG Leaders: Alfred Kow Wei Chieh (Singapore), Olivier Scatton (France)
3D Liver Modelling
SG Leaders: Alfred Kow, Deniz Balcı
Mitochondrial Redox State
SG Leaders: Deniz Balcı
Title: Evaluation Mitochondrial Redox State of Greft Tissue in Liver Transplantation
Early Reoperation Risk Factors (Pediatric)
SG Leaders: Varvara Kirchner, Muhammed Rela
Results of Surgery For Peri-hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
SG Leaders: Andrea Ruzzenette