title: [Surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma originating from caudate lobe].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the significance of surgical treatment of HCC originating from caudate lobe.
  
  
  METHODS
  From 1995 to 2003, caudate lobectomy, including 19 cases of isolated lobectomy and 20 cases of combined lobectomy, were performed in 39 patients with HCC originating from caudate lobe, and the factors that might influence postoperative liver function were compared between the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All tumors were resected successfully. One patient died of postoperative renal failure. Hydrothorax occurred in 3 patients, ascites in 4 patients, and bile leakage in 1 patient. The survival rates of 1, 3, 5 year were 53%, 50%, 39% respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Caudate lobectomy is a effective method for HCC originating from caudate lobe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China. zrwkpsy@zjuem.zju.edu.cn
authors.forename: Shu-you
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Xue-dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Yin-bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hao-ran
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Jiang-tao
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian-wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: He-qing
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Li-ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Hong-wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jian-jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Xiu-jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Yi-ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Mu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate