[Hepatic serial resection. Portal vein resection followed by hepatic resection in second time].
Hepatic resection still remains the only potential curative treatment for either primary or secondary malignant liver tumors. In order to increase the resectability of initially considered non-resectable tumors and to decrease the posthepatectomy morbidity and mortality, ligature of a portal branch with consecutive hepatic resection is recommended. The ligature of a portal venous branch was performed in 12 patients with gross hepatic tumor: hepatocellular carcinoma (2), peripheral cholangiocarcinoma (5), hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer (5). Two-stage hepatectomy was performed in 5 patients. The interval between the two operations ranged between 4 weeks and 6 months. Hepatic resection could not be performed in 7 cases due to the loco-regional progression of the disease (4 cases) or to the absence of the hypertrophy-atrophy process (3 cases). Hepatic failure occurred posthepatectomy in 2 patients, resulting in the death of one of the patients. Two patients died at 5 and 10 months respectively while two other patients are still alive, free of recurrence at 6 and 12 months respectively. In conclusion, portal vein ligature can be considered in selected cases of unresectable gross hepatic tumors that can be eventually, resected in a second operation. The two-staged hepatectomy is not always feasible. Moreover, the hypertrophy of the controlateral lobe does not always prevent the postoperative hepatic failure..
Popescu
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Clinica de Chirugie Generală şi Transplant Hepatic-Institutul Clinic Fundeni, Sos. Fundeni, nr. 258, Bucureşti-sector 2, cod 72435. fundenip@com.pcnet.ro
Ionescu
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M
Sîrbu-Boeţi
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P
Ciurea
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S
Braşoveanu
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V
Mihalcea
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A
Pană
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M
D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome