[Hemoperitoneum caused by spontaneous rupture of hepatocarcinoma. Apropos of 8 cases].
Spontaneous rupture of hepatoma is very rare in our means. We present 8 cases collected in our hospital. The treatment performed was direct hemostasis and packing of the bleeding area in 4 patients, ligature of the hepatic artery in two other patients and finally an hepatectomy in the remaining two. The 4 patients in whom we performed an hemostasis died during the postoperative period. The other 4, instead have a normal postoperative course. We think that the treatment of a bleeding hepatoma is hepatectomy, and when is not possible, the ligature of hepatic artery.
Alonso
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Service de Chirurgie Générale, Hospital de la Santa Cruz y San Pablo, Barcelone, Espagne.
Reyes
G
G
Galera
M J
MJ
Allende
L
L
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
Hémopéritoine secondaire à la rupture spontanée d'un hépatocarcinome. A propos de 8 cas.