Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Treatment of peripherally located liver tumors with diaphragmatic invasion is technically demanding but does not preclude resection for cure. The aim of the present study was to compare patients undergoing combined liver and diaphragmatic resection with those submitted to hepatectomy alone so as to evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and value of this complex surgical procedure. METHODS:From January 2000 to September 2011, 36 consecutive patients underwent en bloc liver-diaphragm resection (group A). These were individually matched for age, gender, tumor size, pathology, and co-morbitidies with 36 patients who underwent hepatectomy alone during the same time (group B). Operative time, warm ischemia time, blood loss, required transfusions, postoperative complications, and long-term survival were evaluated. RESULTS:Mean operative time was significantly longer in group A than in group B (165 vs 142 min; P = 0.004). The two groups were comparable regarding warm ischemia time, intraoperative blood loss, required transfusions, and postoperative laboratory value fluctuations. Some 33 % of group A patients developed complications postoperatively as opposed to 23 % of group B patients (P = 0.03). The mortality rate was 2.8 % in group A compared to 0 % in group B. Postoperative follow-up demonstrated 60 % 1-year survival for group A patients as opposed to 80 % 1-year survival for group B patients, a difference that is practically eliminated the longer the follow-up period is extended (35 vs 40 % 3-year survival and 33 vs 37 % 5-year survival for group A and group B patients, respectively). CONCLUSIONS:En bloc diaphragmatic and liver resection is a challenging but safe surgical procedure that is fully justified when diaphragmatic infiltration cannot be ruled out and the patient is considered fit enough to undergo surgery.
journal_name
World J Surgjournal_title
World journal of surgeryauthors
Arkadopoulos N,Kyriazi MA,Perelas A,Theodoraki K,Papantoni E,Kokoropoulos P,Danias N,Smyrniotis Vdoi
10.1007/s00268-013-2083-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-09-01 00:00:00pages
2197-201issue
9eissn
0364-2313issn
1432-2323journal_volume
37pub_type
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