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ReviewTransplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation2026

Achievements, Challenges and Promises of Minimally Invasive Liver Transplantation.

Clara Gomez, Ismail Labgaa, Elias Karam, Federica Dondero, Nassiba Beghdadi, Christian Hobeika, Safi Dokmak, Mickaël Lesurtel

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Review in Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Clara Gomez *Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, APHP-Nord, Beaujon Hospital, Département médico-universitaire (DMU) DIGEST, Clichy, France.
Ismail Labgaa *Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, APHP-Nord, Beaujon Hospital, Département médico-universitaire (DMU) DIGEST, Clichy, France.
Elias KaramDepartment of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, APHP-Nord, Beaujon Hospital, Département médico-universitaire (DMU) DIGEST, Clichy, France.
Federica DonderoDepartment of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, APHP-Nord, Beaujon Hospital, Département médico-universitaire (DMU) DIGEST, Clichy, France.
Nassiba BeghdadiDepartment of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, APHP-Nord, Beaujon Hospital, Département médico-universitaire (DMU) DIGEST, Clichy, France.
Christian HobeikaDepartment of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, APHP-Nord, Beaujon Hospital, Département médico-universitaire (DMU) DIGEST, Clichy, France.
Safi Dokmak *Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, APHP-Nord, Beaujon Hospital, Département médico-universitaire (DMU) DIGEST, Clichy, France.
Mickaël Lesurtel *Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, APHP-Nord, Beaujon Hospital, Département médico-universitaire (DMU) DIGEST, Clichy, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The integration of minimal invasive (MIS) techniques in liver transplantation (LT) emerged as a natural progression following advances in laparoscopic and robotic hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. However, it poses specific challenges that are inherent to LT. Chronologically, it is a recent topic that only emerged 2 decades ago in donors and recently in recipients, but it has showed a meteoric rise with tremendous progress over the last years. This review aimed to provide a comprehensive yet synthetic overview of the available data on minimal invasive liver transplantation (MILT), for both donor hepatectomy (DH), recipient hepatectomy and graft implantation. Developments were numerous: top-notch technical skills have not only been reported but have foremost been performed worldwide by an increasing number of groups. Technology also played a central role, as exemplified by the integration of 3D visualization techniques, the utilization of indocyanine green (ICG) near-infrared fluorescence camera system or the use of robotic technology. Research efforts finally illustrated this progress with a rapid rise of number of publications and adoption. The present analysis of the available data permitted to identify gaps that may be valuable to explore by future research projects.

Indexed as

Liver TransplantationMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresHepatectomyHumansIndocyanine GreenLaparoscopyRobotic Surgical ProceduresIndocyanine Greenlaparoscopyliver transplantationminimally invasive liver transplantationminimally invasive surgeryrobotic surgery

Identifiers

PMID41822028
PMCPMC12975614

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