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As one of the leading journals in its field, Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences (JHBPS) publishes articles dealing with clinical investigations, translational research, and basic research on all aspects of hepatic, biliary, and pancreatic disciplines. We welcome submissions from surgeons, physicians, endoscopists, radiologists, oncologists, and pathologists.
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Acute Cholangitis Caused by Migration of a Pancreatic Stent Into a Biliary Stent
- 9 May 2025
Correction to “Usefulness of simplified comprehensive geriatric assessment as a pre-ERCP screening for the elderly”
- 5 May 2025
Clinical and radiological predictive features for high‐grade and invasive carcinoma in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms: A systematic review
- 4 May 2025
The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.
Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos)
- 41-54
- 15 October 2017
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The TG13 for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis are widely used and clinical studies have been reported worldwide. Yokoe and colleagues conducted a literature review to confirm the clinical impact of the TG13 diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis. As a result, the TG18/TG13 version was released without modification.
Tokyo Guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis
- 55-72
- 16 October 2017
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Okamoto and colleagues propose in the TG18 that some cases of Grade III acute cholecystitis that satisfy certain strict criteria in terms of predictive factor, Charlson Comorbidity Index, and American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification can be treated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy if performed at advanced centers by experienced surgeons.
Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos)
- 17-30
- 15 October 2017
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Kiriyama and colleagues conducted a systematic review of the literature to validate the TG13 diagnostic and severity grading criteria for acute cholangitis. A large-scale case series study in Japan and Taiwan served as the main basis for the validation. They recommend that the TG13 criteria be adopted in the TG18.
Tokyo Guidelines 2018: surgical management of acute cholecystitis: safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis (with videos)
- 73-86
- 2 November 2017
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A bail-out procedure should be chosen to prevent bile duct injury if a critical view of safety (CVS) cannot be achieved because of the presence of nondissectable scarring or severe fibrosis.
A novel difficulty scoring system for laparoscopic liver resection
- 745-753
- 21 September 2014
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