title: [Simultaneous liver and colorectal resection for synchronous colorectal liver metastasis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the safety and long term outcome of simultaneous liver and colorectal resection for synchronous colorectal liver metastasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-three synchronous colorectal liver metastasis patients who received simultaneous colectomy and hepatectomy between May 1981 and November 2005 were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The group included 21 male patients and 22 female patients, with the median age of 52 years. The overall median operative time was 180 minutes, 30 cases received blood transfusion, and the median volume was 800 ml. The median hospital stay was 15 days. The morbidity and mortality was 18.6% and 2.3%, respectively. The overall median survival time was 25 months, 5-year survival rate was 19.1%. The survival of patients underwent R0 resection were substantially better (median survival time 48 months, 5-year survival rate 33.8%) than that of the patients who did not undergo R0 resection (20 months, 7.6%) (P = 0.002).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Simultaneous liver and colorectal resection is safe and effective for synchronous colorectal liver metastasis. Furthermore, simultaneous R0 resection should be the optimal surgery for the resectable cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China. haizengzhang@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hai-Zeng
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shu-Xiao
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Zhi-Xiang
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yong-Fu
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Shao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003082:Colectomy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome