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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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
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Efficacy and Safety of Surgical Treatment Among Older Adult Patients (80 Years) With Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Naoki Ikenaga, Takao Ohtsuka, Eiji Mitate, Koji Tamura, Masayuki Sho, Masafumi Nakamura, 
  •  14 May 2025
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Role of Particle Beam Therapy for Extrahepatic Biliary Cancer—Updated Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis for Comparison Between Photon and Particle Radiotherapy

Hideya Yamazaki, Takuya Kimoto, Satoshi Teramukai, Mitsuko Nakata, Kei Shibuya, Motohisa Suzuki, Kazuki Terashima, Takashi Iizumi, Masaru Wakatsuki, Takayuki Hashimoto, Takumi Fukumoto, Masayuki Ohtsuka, 
  •  13 May 2025
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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Trends in the Outcomes of Advanced Hepatobiliary‐Pancreatic Surgery: The Impact of a Nationwide Clinical Database and Surgeon Certification System

Takayuki Anazawa, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Etsuro Hatano, Mitsukazu Gotoh, Masafumi Nakamura, Masayuki Ohtsuka, Itaru Endo, 
  •  13 May 2025
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Multicenter Comparative Study of 6‐ and 10‐mm Fully Covered Self‐Expandable Metal Stents for Malignant Distal Biliary Obstruction During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

Arata Sakai, Atsuhiro Masuda, Mamoru Takenaka, Hideyuki Shiomi, Shunsuke Omoto, Akihiro Yoshida, Ryota Nakano, Yuta Kawase, Shinya Kohashi, Yuzo Kodama, SMT Study Group in Japan, 
  •  12 May 2025
CASE IMAGE

Acute Cholangitis Caused by Migration of a Pancreatic Stent Into a Biliary Stent

Ryo Jimbo, Toshifumi Sato, Shuji Terai, 
  •  9 May 2025
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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos)

Masamichi Yokoe, Jiro Hata, Tadahiro Takada, Steven M. Strasberg, Horacio J. Asbun, Go Wakabayashi, Kazuto Kozaka, Itaru Endo, Daniel J. Deziel, Fumihiko Miura, Kohji Okamoto, Tsann-Long Hwang, Wayne Shih-Wei Huang, Chen-Guo Ker, Miin-Fu Chen, Ho-Seong Han, Yoo-Seok Yoon, In-Seok Choi, Dong-Sup Yoon, Yoshinori Noguchi, Satoru Shikata, Tomohiko Ukai, Ryota Higuchi, Toshifumi Gabata, Yasuhisa Mori, Yukio Iwashita, Taizo Hibi, Palepu Jagannath, Eduard Jonas, Kui-Hin Liau, Christos Dervenis, Dirk J. Gouma, Daniel Cherqui, Giulio Belli, O. James Garden, Mariano Eduardo Giménez, Eduardo de Santibañes, Kenji Suzuki, Akiko Umezawa, Avinash Nivritti Supe, Henry A. Pitt, Harjit Singh, Angus C. W. Chan, Wan Yee Lau, Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh, Goro Honda, Atsushi Sugioka, Koji Asai, Harumi Gomi, Takao Itoi, Seiki Kiriyama, Masahiro Yoshida, Toshihiko Mayumi, Naoki Matsumura, Hiromi Tokumura, Seigo Kitano, Koichi Hirata, Kazuo Inui, Yoshinobu Sumiyama, Masakazu Yamamoto, 
  •  41-54
  •  15 October 2017

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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos) Issue 1, 2018

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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.

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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis

Kohji Okamoto, Kenji Suzuki, Tadahiro Takada, Steven M. Strasberg, Horacio J. Asbun, Itaru Endo, Yukio Iwashita, Taizo Hibi, Henry A. Pitt, Akiko Umezawa, Koji Asai, Ho-Seong Han, Tsann-Long Hwang, Yasuhisa Mori, Yoo-Seok Yoon, Wayne Shih-Wei Huang, Giulio Belli, Christos Dervenis, Masamichi Yokoe, Seiki Kiriyama, Takao Itoi, Palepu Jagannath, O. James Garden, Fumihiko Miura, Masafumi Nakamura, Akihiko Horiguchi, Go Wakabayashi, Daniel Cherqui, Eduardo de Santibañes, Satoru Shikata, Yoshinori Noguchi, Tomohiko Ukai, Ryota Higuchi, Keita Wada, Goro Honda, Avinash Nivritti Supe, Masahiro Yoshida, Toshihiko Mayumi, Dirk J. Gouma, Daniel J. Deziel, Kui-Hin Liau, Miin-Fu Chen, Kazunori Shibao, Keng-Hao Liu, Cheng-Hsi Su, Angus C. W. Chan, Dong-Sup Yoon, In-Seok Choi, Eduard Jonas, Xiao-Ping Chen, Sheung Tat Fan, Chen-Guo Ker, Mariano Eduardo Giménez, Seigo Kitano, Masafumi Inomata, Koichi Hirata, Kazuo Inui, Yoshinobu Sumiyama, Masakazu Yamamoto, 
  •  55-72
  •  16 October 2017

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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis Issue 1, 2018

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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.

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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos)

Seiki Kiriyama, Kazuto Kozaka, Tadahiro Takada, Steven M. Strasberg, Henry A. Pitt, Toshifumi Gabata, Jiro Hata, Kui-Hin Liau, Fumihiko Miura, Akihiko Horiguchi, Keng-Hao Liu, Cheng-Hsi Su, Keita Wada, Palepu Jagannath, Takao Itoi, Dirk J. Gouma, Yasuhisa Mori, Shuntaro Mukai, Mariano Eduardo Giménez, Wayne Shih-Wei Huang, Myung-Hwan Kim, Kohji Okamoto, Giulio Belli, Christos Dervenis, Angus C. W. Chan, Wan Yee Lau, Itaru Endo, Harumi Gomi, Masahiro Yoshida, Toshihiko Mayumi, Todd H. Baron, Eduardo de Santibañes, Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh, Tsann-Long Hwang, Chen-Guo Ker, Miin-Fu Chen, Ho-Seong Han, Yoo-Seok Yoon, In-Seok Choi, Dong-Sup Yoon, Ryota Higuchi, Seigo Kitano, Masafumi Inomata, Daniel J. Deziel, Eduard Jonas, Koichi Hirata, Yoshinobu Sumiyama, Kazuo Inui, Masakazu Yamamoto, 
  •  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.

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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: surgical management of acute cholecystitis: safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis (with videos)

Go Wakabayashi, Yukio Iwashita, Taizo Hibi, Tadahiro Takada, Steven M. Strasberg, Horacio J. Asbun, Itaru Endo, Akiko Umezawa, Koji Asai, Kenji Suzuki, Yasuhisa Mori, Kohji Okamoto, Henry A. Pitt, Ho-Seong Han, Tsann-Long Hwang, Yoo-Seok Yoon, Dong-Sup Yoon, In-Seok Choi, Wayne Shih-Wei Huang, Mariano Eduardo Giménez, O. James Garden, Dirk J. Gouma, Giulio Belli, Christos Dervenis, Palepu Jagannath, Angus C. W. Chan, Wan Yee Lau, Keng-Hao Liu, Cheng-Hsi Su, Takeyuki Misawa, Masafumi Nakamura, Akihiko Horiguchi, Nobumi Tagaya, Shuichi Fujioka, Ryota Higuchi, Satoru Shikata, Yoshinori Noguchi, Tomohiko Ukai, Masamichi Yokoe, Daniel Cherqui, Goro Honda, Atsushi Sugioka, Eduardo de Santibañes, Avinash Nivritti Supe, Hiromi Tokumura, Taizo Kimura, Masahiro Yoshida, Toshihiko Mayumi, Seigo Kitano, Masafumi Inomata, Koichi Hirata, Yoshinobu Sumiyama, Kazuo Inui, Masakazu Yamamoto, 
  •  73-86
  •  2 November 2017

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Tokyo Guidelines 2018: surgical management of acute cholecystitis: safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis (with videos) Issue 1, 2018

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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.

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A novel difficulty scoring system for laparoscopic liver resection

Daisuke Ban, Minoru Tanabe, Hiromitsu Ito, Yuichiro Otsuka, Hiroyuki Nitta, Yuta Abe, Yasushi Hasegawa, Toshio Katagiri, Chisato Takagi, Osamu Itano, Hironori Kaneko, Go Wakabayashi, 
  •  745-753
  •  21 September 2014
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