Journal
EJSO
Volume 31, Issue 9, Pages 986-993Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2005.04.002
Keywords
hepatocellular carcinoma; liver resection; mortality; post-operative complications; survival
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Aims: To evaluate short- and tong-term results of liver resections and prognostic factors in cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Study design: A single-unit, retrospective study analyzing 216 patients with histologically confirmed cirrhosis who underwent hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. All clinico-pathologic and follow-up data were collected prospectively. Results: Child A patients had a significantly tower in-hospital mortality rate compared to Child B-C: 4.7 vs 21.3% (p=0.0003). Overall morbidity rate was 38.4%; multiple logistic regression analysis identified liver function, hepatic pedicle clamping time, number of nodes and transfusion rate as independent predictors for post-operative complications. Overall and disease-free 5-year survival rates were 34.1 and 25.2%. Multivariate analysis showed that Child A, radical resection, tumour size less than or equal to 5 cm and, absence of vascular invasion were independent prognostic factors for tong-term survival. No significant differences in overall. and disease-free survival were found according to the type of resection (anatomic vs non-anatomic). Conclusions: Patients with preserved liver function and small-size, single-node hepatocellular carcinomas are the best candidates for hepatic resection. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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