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Pierre-Alain Clavien

Pierre-Alain Clavien

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Medicine
Switzerland
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
150
Citations
115936
World Ranking
1139
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Pierre-Alain Clavien is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a focus on Surgery, Hepatology, and Oncology. Their scholarly activity encompasses 393 publications, with significant contributions to subfields including Surgery (112 publications), Hepatology (76), Oncology (48), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (38), and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (31).

Their research topics cover diverse aspects of hepatic and transplant surgery as well as oncological treatments. Notable main topics include:

  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Clavien has coauthored extensively with several researchers, particularly with Philipp Dutkowski and Henrik Petrowsky, each with 36 joint publications. Other frequent collaborators include R Robles with 20 publications, Matteo Mueller with 18, and Michael Linecker with 18.

Their work has appeared most frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Annals of Surgery (42 publications)
  • HPB (11 publications)
  • Journal of Hepatology (10 publications)
  • British Journal of Surgery (6 publications)
  • Transplantation (6 publications)

Selected recent papers by Pierre-Alain Clavien and collaborators include:

  • "Liver metastases," 2021, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "An integrated perfusion machine preserves injured human livers for 1 week," 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Liver Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations 2022," 2022, World Journal of Surgery
  • "Modern therapeutic approaches for the treatment of malignant liver tumours," 2020, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion protects from mitochondrial injury before liver transplantation," 2020, EBioMedicine

In 2020, Pierre-Alain Clavien was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), an acknowledgment within their professional community.

Best Publications

  • Classification of surgical complications: a new proposal with evaluation in a cohort of 6336 patients and results of a survey.

    Daniel Dindo;Nicolas Demartines;Pierre Alain Clavien

  • Proposed classification of complications of surgery with examples of utility in cholecystectomy.

    P. A. Clavien;Juan Ramon Sanabria;S. M. Strasberg

  • No surgical innovation without evaluation: the IDEAL recommendations.

    Peter McCulloch;Douglas G Altman;W Bruce Campbell;David R Flum

  • The Brisbane 2000 terminology of liver anatomy and resections.

    S.M. Strasberg;J. Belghiti;P.-A. Clavien;E. Gadzijev

  • The comprehensive complication index: a novel continuous scale to measure surgical morbidity.

    Ksenija Slankamenac;Rolf Graf;Jeffrey Barkun;Milo A. Puhan

  • Recommendations for laparoscopic liver resection: a report from the second international consensus conference held in Morioka

    Go Wakabayashi;Daniel Cherqui;David A. Geller;Joseph E. Buell

  • Strategies for Safer Liver Surgery and Partial Liver Transplantation

    Pierre-Alain Clavien;Henrik Petrowsky;Michelle L DeOliveira;Rolf Graf

  • Preservation and reperfusion injuries in liver allografts. An overview and synthesis of current studies.

    Pierre Alain Clavien;P. Robert C. Harvey;Steven M. Strasberg

  • Recommendations for liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: an international consensus conference report

    Pierre Alain Clavien;Mickael Lesurtel;Patrick M.M. Bossuyt;Gregory J. Gores

  • Assessment of complications after pancreatic surgery: A novel grading system applied to 633 patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy.

    Michelle L. DeOliveira;Jordan M. Winter;Markus Schafer;Steven C. Cunningham

  • Platelet-Derived Serotonin Mediates Liver Regeneration

    Mickael Lesurtel;Rolf Graf;Boris Aleil;Diego J. Walther

  • Obesity in general elective surgery

    Daniel Dindo;Markus K Muller;Markus Weber;Pierre-Alain Clavien

  • Evidence-based value of prophylactic drainage in gastrointestinal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analyses.

    Henrik Petrowsky;Nicolas Demartines;Valentin Rousson;Pierre-Alain Clavien

  • Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation.

    P L Ergina;P L Ergina;J A Cook;J M Blazeby;I Boutron

  • Small-for-size syndrome after partial liver transplantation: definition, mechanisms of disease and clinical implications.

    Felix Dahm;Panco Georgiev;Pierre-Alain Clavien

  • Protective effects of ischemic preconditioning for liver resection performed under inflow occlusion in humans.

    Pierre-Alain Clavien;Surinder Yadav;David Sindram;Rex C. Bentley

  • The Southampton Consensus Guidelines for Laparoscopic Liver Surgery: From Indication to Implementation.

    Mohammad Abu Hilal;Luca Aldrighetti;Ibrahim Dagher;Bjorn Edwin

  • Protective strategies against ischemic injury of the liver.

    Nazia Selzner;Hannes Rudiger;Rolf Graf;Pierre-Alain Clavien

  • A Prospective Randomized Study in 100 Consecutive Patients Undergoing Major Liver Resection With Versus Without Ischemic Preconditioning

    Pierre-Alain Clavien;Markus Selzner;Markus Selzner;Hannes A. Rüdiger;Hannes A. Rüdiger;Rolf Graf

  • Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Liver Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations.

    Emmanuel Melloul;Emmanuel Melloul;Martin Hübner;Michael Scott;Chris Snowden;Chris Snowden

Frequent Co-Authors

Milo A. Puhan
Milo A. Puhan University of Zurich
Nicolas Demartines
Nicolas Demartines University of Lausanne
Achim Weber
Achim Weber University of Zurich
René Adam
René Adam University of Paris-Saclay
Steven M. Strasberg
Steven M. Strasberg Washington University in St. Louis
Robert J. Porte
Robert J. Porte University Medical Center Groningen
Paul D. Greig
Paul D. Greig Toronto General Hospital
Peter Neuhaus
Peter Neuhaus Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Carlos A. Camargo
Carlos A. Camargo Harvard University

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