Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
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J. Gastrointest. Surg. · Feb 2005
Prognostic factors and evaluation of surgical management of hepatic metastases from colorectal origin: a 10-year single-institute experience.
The aim of this study was to determine prognostic factors and outcome after liver resection for colorectal metastases in 102 patients over a period of 10 years. A stepwise procedure using proportional hazard regression analysis was used to identify prognostic factors. Estimated survival at 2 years was 71%, and at 5 years, 29% (Kaplan-Meier). ⋯ Patients with recurrence after a first liver resection may benefit from a repeat metastasectomy. Our data suggest there is no strong predictor of survival. Survival seems to decrease with increasing number of metastases found on computed tomography.