AIM:To analyze the influence factors and formation of extrahepatic collateral arteries (ECAs) in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with or without chemoe-mbolization. METHODS: Detailed histories of 35 patien...AIM:To analyze the influence factors and formation of extrahepatic collateral arteries (ECAs) in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with or without chemoe-mbolization. METHODS: Detailed histories of 35 patients with 39 ECAs of HCC and images including computerized tomography scan, digital subtraction angiography were reviewed carefully to identify ECAs of HCC, ECAs arising from, and anatomic location of tumors in liver. Tumor sizes were measured, and relations of ECAs with times of chemoemb-olization, tumor size, and the anatomic tumor location were analyzed. Complications were observed after chemoemb-olization through ECAs of HCC with different techniques. RESULTS: Influence factors of formation of ECAs of HCC included the times of repeated chemoembolization, the location of tumors in liver, the tumor size and the types of chemoembolization. ECAs in HCC appeared after 3-4 times of chemoembolization (17.9%), but a higher frequency of ECAs occurred after 5-6 times of chemoembolization (56.4%). ECAs presented easily in peripheral areas (71.8%) of liver abutting to the anterior, posterior abdominal walls, the top right of diaphragm and right kidney. ECAs also occurred easily after complete obstruction of the trunk arteries supplying HCCs or the branches of proper hepatic arteries. Extrahepatic collaterals of HCC originated from right internal thoracic (mammary) artery (RTTA, 5.1%), right intercostal artery (RICA, 7.7%), left gastric artery (LGA, 12.8%), right inferior phrenic artery (RIPA, 38.5%), omental artery (OTA, 2.6%), superior mesenteric artery (SMA, 23.1%), and right adrenal and renal capsule artery (RARCA, 10.3%), respectively. The complications after chemoembolization attributed to no super selective cathet-erization. CONCLUSION: The formation of ECAs in unresectable HCC is obviously correlated with multiple chemoembolization, tumor size, types of chemoembolization, anatomic location of tumors. Extrahepatic collaterals in HCC are corresponding to the tumor locations in liver.展开更多
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies, ranking the sixth in the world, with 55% of cases occurring in China. Usually, patients with HCC did not present until the late stage of the disea...Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies, ranking the sixth in the world, with 55% of cases occurring in China. Usually, patients with HCC did not present until the late stage of the disease, thus limiting their therapeutic options. Although surgical resection is a potentially curative modality for HCC, most patients with intermediate-advanced HCC are not suitable candidates. The current therapeutic modalities for intermediate-advanced HCC include: (1) surgical procedures, such as radical resection, palliative resection, intraoperative radiofrequency ablation or cryosurgical ablation, intraoperative hepatic artery and portal vein chemotherapeutic pump placement, two-stage hepatectomy and liver transplantation; (2) interventional treatment, such as transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, portal vein embolization and image-guided locoregional therapies; and (3) molecularly targeted therapies. So far, how to choose the therapeutic modalities remains controversial. Surgeons are faced with the challenge of providing the most appropriate treatment for patients with intermediate-advanced HCC. This review focuses on the optional therapeutic modalities for intermediateadvanced HCC.展开更多
Objective To analyze the operative technique and results of the resection for caudate lobe carcinoma of the liver. Methods The liver was fully freed of the ligments, short hepatic veins were divided and sutured, and t...Objective To analyze the operative technique and results of the resection for caudate lobe carcinoma of the liver. Methods The liver was fully freed of the ligments, short hepatic veins were divided and sutured, and the tumor was then freed from the inferior vena cava(IVC) . The caudate lobe was resected alone or in combination with other segment.Results 28 patients underwent resection of caudate lobe tumor. The number of the short hepatic veins transected and tied was 2-5 ( mean 3) . An intermittent Pringle' s manoeuver was used in 26 patients with a median occlusion time of 21.7 ( range 10-32) min. The median blood loss was 574 (range 100? 300) ml. No major complications such as massive bleeding and biliary fistula occurred. Intraop-erative total vascular occlusion was perfored on only 5 cases. All patients were discharged from the hospital. Outpatient periodic TAE plus chemotherapy was performed. Postoperative recurrence and metastasis was found in 13 cases,with 5 deaths.Conclusion The use of third porta hepatis dissection for resection of the caudate lobe tumor can reduce the risk of massive bleeding during the operation and can raise the rate of resection of caudate lobe tumor.展开更多
文摘AIM:To analyze the influence factors and formation of extrahepatic collateral arteries (ECAs) in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with or without chemoe-mbolization. METHODS: Detailed histories of 35 patients with 39 ECAs of HCC and images including computerized tomography scan, digital subtraction angiography were reviewed carefully to identify ECAs of HCC, ECAs arising from, and anatomic location of tumors in liver. Tumor sizes were measured, and relations of ECAs with times of chemoemb-olization, tumor size, and the anatomic tumor location were analyzed. Complications were observed after chemoemb-olization through ECAs of HCC with different techniques. RESULTS: Influence factors of formation of ECAs of HCC included the times of repeated chemoembolization, the location of tumors in liver, the tumor size and the types of chemoembolization. ECAs in HCC appeared after 3-4 times of chemoembolization (17.9%), but a higher frequency of ECAs occurred after 5-6 times of chemoembolization (56.4%). ECAs presented easily in peripheral areas (71.8%) of liver abutting to the anterior, posterior abdominal walls, the top right of diaphragm and right kidney. ECAs also occurred easily after complete obstruction of the trunk arteries supplying HCCs or the branches of proper hepatic arteries. Extrahepatic collaterals of HCC originated from right internal thoracic (mammary) artery (RTTA, 5.1%), right intercostal artery (RICA, 7.7%), left gastric artery (LGA, 12.8%), right inferior phrenic artery (RIPA, 38.5%), omental artery (OTA, 2.6%), superior mesenteric artery (SMA, 23.1%), and right adrenal and renal capsule artery (RARCA, 10.3%), respectively. The complications after chemoembolization attributed to no super selective cathet-erization. CONCLUSION: The formation of ECAs in unresectable HCC is obviously correlated with multiple chemoembolization, tumor size, types of chemoembolization, anatomic location of tumors. Extrahepatic collaterals in HCC are corresponding to the tumor locations in liver.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81071996
文摘Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies, ranking the sixth in the world, with 55% of cases occurring in China. Usually, patients with HCC did not present until the late stage of the disease, thus limiting their therapeutic options. Although surgical resection is a potentially curative modality for HCC, most patients with intermediate-advanced HCC are not suitable candidates. The current therapeutic modalities for intermediate-advanced HCC include: (1) surgical procedures, such as radical resection, palliative resection, intraoperative radiofrequency ablation or cryosurgical ablation, intraoperative hepatic artery and portal vein chemotherapeutic pump placement, two-stage hepatectomy and liver transplantation; (2) interventional treatment, such as transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, portal vein embolization and image-guided locoregional therapies; and (3) molecularly targeted therapies. So far, how to choose the therapeutic modalities remains controversial. Surgeons are faced with the challenge of providing the most appropriate treatment for patients with intermediate-advanced HCC. This review focuses on the optional therapeutic modalities for intermediateadvanced HCC.
文摘Objective To analyze the operative technique and results of the resection for caudate lobe carcinoma of the liver. Methods The liver was fully freed of the ligments, short hepatic veins were divided and sutured, and the tumor was then freed from the inferior vena cava(IVC) . The caudate lobe was resected alone or in combination with other segment.Results 28 patients underwent resection of caudate lobe tumor. The number of the short hepatic veins transected and tied was 2-5 ( mean 3) . An intermittent Pringle' s manoeuver was used in 26 patients with a median occlusion time of 21.7 ( range 10-32) min. The median blood loss was 574 (range 100? 300) ml. No major complications such as massive bleeding and biliary fistula occurred. Intraop-erative total vascular occlusion was perfored on only 5 cases. All patients were discharged from the hospital. Outpatient periodic TAE plus chemotherapy was performed. Postoperative recurrence and metastasis was found in 13 cases,with 5 deaths.Conclusion The use of third porta hepatis dissection for resection of the caudate lobe tumor can reduce the risk of massive bleeding during the operation and can raise the rate of resection of caudate lobe tumor.
