National trends in use of open and laparoscopic hepatectomy related to short-term composite outcomes: an IDEAL stage 4, age- and sex-adjusted cohort study.
BACKGROUND National studies on implementation of minimal-invasive liver surgery (MILS) are scarce. The aim of this study was to report how nationwide trends in use of MILS related to short-term outcomes. METHODS A nationwide registry-study of all liver surgery in a universal health care system. Time-trends, age- and...