title: Modified Liver Hanging Maneuver for En-bloc Right-sided Hepatectomy Combined with Total Caudate Lobectomy for Colon-Cancer Liver Metastasis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A right-sided hepatectomy with total caudate lobectomy is indicated for colorectal-cancer liver metastases (CLM) and hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) located in the caudate lobe with extension to the right lobe of the liver. Caudate-lobe resection (i.e. segmentectomy 1 according to the Brisbane terminology) is one of the most difficult types of hepatectomy to carry out radically and safely. The deep portion of hepatic transection around the caudate lobe, hepatic veins and inferior vena cava is a critical source of massive bleeding. Prolonged transection can increase blood loss.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed the outcome of 10 patients who underwent right-sided hepatectomy with caudate lobectomy using a modified liver hanging maneuver (mLHM) in comparison with 16 patients who underwent the operation without mLHM.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Blood loss during liver transection and blood loss per unit area of cut surface were significantly less in the mLHM group (p=0.014 and 0.015, respectively). In patients diagnosed pathologically with liver impairment, transection time was significantly shorter in the mLHM group (p=0.038), as were red blood cell transfusion volume (p=0.042) and blood loss (p=0.049) during transection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Use of mLHM can potentially improve surgical outcomes by reducing blood loss and transection time, which are especially important for patients with liver impairment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan yhiroshiy13@gmail.com all@anticancer.com.
authors.forename: Yukihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hiroshima
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koda
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Togo
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, U.S.A. AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, U.S.A. yhiroshiy13@gmail.com all@anticancer.com.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan.
authors.forename: Kuniya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: Hepatectomy; caudate lobectomy; colon cancer; liver cancer; liver hanging maneuver; metastasis