AIM: To describe a new classification method of righth epatectomy according to the different special positionsof tumors.METHODS: According to positions, 91 patients with malignant hepatic tumor in the right liver lo...AIM: To describe a new classification method of righth epatectomy according to the different special positionsof tumors.METHODS: According to positions, 91 patients with malignant hepatic tumor in the right liver lobe were divided into six groups: tumors in the right posterior lobe and (or) the right caudate lobe compressing the right portal hilum (n = 14, 15.4%), tumors in the right liver lobe compressing the inferior vena cava and (or) hepatic veins (n = 11, 12.9%), tumors infiltrating diaphragmatic muscle (n = 7, 7.7%), tumors in the hepatorenal recess (infiltrating the right fatty renal capsule, transverse colon and right adrenal gland, n = 8, 8.8%), tumors deeply located near the vertebral body (n = 3, 3.3%), tumors at other sites in the right liver lobe (the control group, n = 48,52.75%). The values of intraoperative blood loss (IBL), tumor's maxim cross-section area (TMCSA), and time of hepatic hilum damping (THHC) and incidence of postoperative complications were compared between five groups of tumor and control group, respectively.RESULTS: The THHC in groups 1-4 was significantly longer than that in the control group, the IBL in groups 1-4 was significantly higher than that in the control group, the TMCSA in groups 2-4 was significantly larger than that in the control group, and the ratio of IBL/TMCSA in group 1 was significantly higher than that in the control group. There was no significant difference in the indexes between group 5 and the control group.CONCLUSION: The site of tumor is the key factor that determines IBL.展开更多
OBJECTIVE The present study was designed to develop the “Three- Grade Criteria” for radical resection of primary liver cancer (PLC) and to evaluate its clinical significance. METHODS Criteria for radical resection...OBJECTIVE The present study was designed to develop the “Three- Grade Criteria” for radical resection of primary liver cancer (PLC) and to evaluate its clinical significance. METHODS Criteria for radical resection of PLC were summed up to 3 grades based on criterion development. Grade Ⅰ: complete removal of all gross tumors with no residual tumor at the excision margin. Grade Ⅱ: on the basis of Grade Ⅰ, additional 4 requirements were added: (1) the tumor was not more than two in number; (2) no tumor thrombi in the main trunks or the primary branches of the portal vein, the common hepatic duct or its primary branches, the hepatic veins or the inferior vena cava; (3)no hilar lymph nodes metastases; (4)no extrahepatic metastases. Grade Ⅲ : in addition to the above criteria, negative postoperative follow-up result including AFP dropping to a normal level (with positive AFP before surgery) within 2 months after operation, and no residual tumor upon diagnostic imaging.The clinical data from 354 patients with PLC who underwent hepatectomy were reviewed retrospectively. Based on the “Three-Grade Criteria” these patients were divided into 6 groups: Grade Ⅰ radical group, Grade Ⅰ palliative group, Grade Ⅱ radical group, Grade Ⅱ palliative group, Grade Ⅲ radical group, Grade Ⅲ palliative group. The survival rate of each group was calculated by the life-table method and the rates compared among the groups. RESULTS The survival rate of patients receiving radical treatment was better than those receiving palliative treatment (P〈0.01). Survival improved as more criteria were applied. The 5-year survival rate of the patients in Grade Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ who underwent radical resection was 43.2%, 51.2% and 64.4%, respectively (P〈0.01). CONCLUSION The “Three-Grade Criteria” may be applied for judging the curability of resection therapy for PLC. The stricter the criterion used, the better the survival would be. Adopting high-grade criteria to select cases and guide operations and strengthening postoperative follow-up would improve the results of hepatectomy for PLC.展开更多
文摘AIM: To describe a new classification method of righth epatectomy according to the different special positionsof tumors.METHODS: According to positions, 91 patients with malignant hepatic tumor in the right liver lobe were divided into six groups: tumors in the right posterior lobe and (or) the right caudate lobe compressing the right portal hilum (n = 14, 15.4%), tumors in the right liver lobe compressing the inferior vena cava and (or) hepatic veins (n = 11, 12.9%), tumors infiltrating diaphragmatic muscle (n = 7, 7.7%), tumors in the hepatorenal recess (infiltrating the right fatty renal capsule, transverse colon and right adrenal gland, n = 8, 8.8%), tumors deeply located near the vertebral body (n = 3, 3.3%), tumors at other sites in the right liver lobe (the control group, n = 48,52.75%). The values of intraoperative blood loss (IBL), tumor's maxim cross-section area (TMCSA), and time of hepatic hilum damping (THHC) and incidence of postoperative complications were compared between five groups of tumor and control group, respectively.RESULTS: The THHC in groups 1-4 was significantly longer than that in the control group, the IBL in groups 1-4 was significantly higher than that in the control group, the TMCSA in groups 2-4 was significantly larger than that in the control group, and the ratio of IBL/TMCSA in group 1 was significantly higher than that in the control group. There was no significant difference in the indexes between group 5 and the control group.CONCLUSION: The site of tumor is the key factor that determines IBL.
文摘OBJECTIVE The present study was designed to develop the “Three- Grade Criteria” for radical resection of primary liver cancer (PLC) and to evaluate its clinical significance. METHODS Criteria for radical resection of PLC were summed up to 3 grades based on criterion development. Grade Ⅰ: complete removal of all gross tumors with no residual tumor at the excision margin. Grade Ⅱ: on the basis of Grade Ⅰ, additional 4 requirements were added: (1) the tumor was not more than two in number; (2) no tumor thrombi in the main trunks or the primary branches of the portal vein, the common hepatic duct or its primary branches, the hepatic veins or the inferior vena cava; (3)no hilar lymph nodes metastases; (4)no extrahepatic metastases. Grade Ⅲ : in addition to the above criteria, negative postoperative follow-up result including AFP dropping to a normal level (with positive AFP before surgery) within 2 months after operation, and no residual tumor upon diagnostic imaging.The clinical data from 354 patients with PLC who underwent hepatectomy were reviewed retrospectively. Based on the “Three-Grade Criteria” these patients were divided into 6 groups: Grade Ⅰ radical group, Grade Ⅰ palliative group, Grade Ⅱ radical group, Grade Ⅱ palliative group, Grade Ⅲ radical group, Grade Ⅲ palliative group. The survival rate of each group was calculated by the life-table method and the rates compared among the groups. RESULTS The survival rate of patients receiving radical treatment was better than those receiving palliative treatment (P〈0.01). Survival improved as more criteria were applied. The 5-year survival rate of the patients in Grade Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ who underwent radical resection was 43.2%, 51.2% and 64.4%, respectively (P〈0.01). CONCLUSION The “Three-Grade Criteria” may be applied for judging the curability of resection therapy for PLC. The stricter the criterion used, the better the survival would be. Adopting high-grade criteria to select cases and guide operations and strengthening postoperative follow-up would improve the results of hepatectomy for PLC.