[Surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma originating from caudate lobe].
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.
Peng
Shu-you
SY
Department of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China. zrwkpsy@zjuem.zju.edu.cn
Feng
Xue-dong
XD
Liu
Yin-bin
YB
Qian
Hao-ran
HR
Li
Jiang-tao
JT
Wang
Jian-wei
JW
Xu
Bin
B
Fang
He-qing
HQ
Cao
Li-ping
LP
Shen
Hong-wei
HW
Du
Jian-jun
JJ
Cai
Xiu-jun
XJ
Mu
Yi-ping
YP
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