title: [Evaluation of oral glucose tolerance test in the assessment of reserved function of liver for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma].
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate oral glucose tolerance test(OGTT)in the assessment of reserved function of liver for predicting the tolerability of patients to hepatectomy and hence provided a criteria for selecting the candidates for undergoing hepatectomy, since the majority of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients were associated with posthepatitis cirrhosis. The preoperative and postoperative OGTT and liver biopsy for pathological investigation were carried out in 62 cases of hepatecomized patients and 49 cases of unresected patients for comparison. The results revealed that the patients whose preoperative OGTT curve was of P type recovered uneventfully after hepatectomy, but those whose curve was of L type of tolerated poorly to hepatectomy and were liable to postoperative hepatic failure and complications. The severity of cirrbosis in those poor risk patients fell to C III or C IV histological degree. 29 patients with intermediate feature of OGTT curve between P type and L type, i.e. I type underwent regional vascular occlusion at hepatic hilus as hepatectomy, and infusion of Danshen extract solution before vascular occlusion to prevent hepatocytes from reperfusion injury. Of them, 20 recovered uneventfully, 8 suffered from complications such as ascites and/or juandice, and 1 died within 1 month after operation. The followup study showed that the survival time of patients with P type OGTT curve was longer than that of I type, and the latter was longer than that of L type. The pattern of OGTT curve could change from preoperative P type to postoperative L type, depending on the severity of vascular interruption of liver and the ischemic injury to hepatocytic mass in operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Chengdu.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis