Liver transplantation versus liver resection for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
| Autor: | Myung Duk Lee, In Sung Moon, Kyung Keun Lee, Jung Hyun Park, Dong Goo Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cirrhosis business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Postoperative complication General Medicine Milan criteria Liver transplantation medicine.disease Gastroenterology Surgery Transplantation Oncology Internal medicine Hepatocellular carcinoma medicine Hepatectomy business Survival rate |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Surgical Oncology. 101:47-53 |
| ISSN: | 0022-4790 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jso.21415 |
| Popis: | Purpose Liver resection (LR) and liver transplantation (LT) are considered the only two potentially curative treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Recently, there has been an intense debate as to whether LR or LT is the optimal initial treatment for patients with Child A or B cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to compare the results of LR and LT in patients with HCC and with Child A or B cirrhosis in a single center over a 10-year period. Method Seventy-eight patients were treated with LT and 130 were treated with LR. We evaluated patient characteristics, short-term results such as hospital stay, postoperative complication, mortality, and long-term results such as overall and recurrence-free survival and recurrence. Results The hospital stay of the LT group was significantly longer than that of the LR group (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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