[A long-term survival case in Jehovah 's witness with simultaneous liver metastases of colon cancer by synchronous liver resection followed by a successful size reduction with chemotherapy].
A bloodless surgery was required in the case of simultaneous liver metastases of colon cancer, one of which invaded at the confluence of left hepatic vein and inferior vena cava. In order to assure the safety and curability, hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy aiming to size reduction was preceded to synchronous liver resection for a 53-year-old Jehovah's witness male. After gaining the reduction of tumor, synchronous liver resection was safely performed under a hemodilutional autotransfusion. The patient has been alive for 6 years under the withdrawal from chemotherapy.
Dept. of Surgery, Haibara General Hospital.
Takayuki
T
Kanamaru
Shunji
S
Kawamoto
Ryoji
R
Ochiai
Kazuo
K
Inada
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; D003082:Colectomy; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed