• Hepato Gastroenterol · Jan 2001

    Liver resection in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

    • V Usatoff, A M Isla, and N A Habib.
    • Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Imperial College of Science and Medicine, Liver Surgery Section, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
    • Hepato Gastroenterol. 2001 Jan 1;48(37):46-50.

    Background/AimsThe aim of this study was to assess the results of major liver resection in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in terms of safety and survival.MethodologyThe subjects of this study are 19 patients that underwent 24 resections for advanced (stage IV) hepatocellular carcinoma. Eighteen of these resections were performed for primary tumor and 6 were repeat resections. Nine patients presented without cirrhosis, 5 with cirrhosis, and 5 patients had the fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma.ResultsHospital mortality was recorded in 1 case (5%). Morbidity was noted in 7(37%) cases. All patients with fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma are alive at 78, 41, 24, 12 and 9 months (P = 0.008), compared with a median survival of 18 and 9 months for the noncirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma groups, respectively (P = 0.24).ConclusionsWe conclude that an aggressive policy of major liver resection with vascular reconstruction was justifiable in patients with advanced fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma and in selected patients with noncirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma, and of doubtful value in patients with cirrhosis.

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