Prospective evaluation of two-stage hepatectomy combined with selective portal vein embolisation and systemic chemotherapy for patients with unresectable bilobar colorectal liver metastases

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Pamecha, V.
Nedjat-Shokouhi, B.
Gurusamy, K.
Glantzounis, G. K.
Sharma, D.
Davidson, B. R.

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Dig Surg

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BACKGROUND: Liver resection is contraindicated in patients with multiple bilobar colorectal liver metastases because of the small liver remnant. An alternative strategy which may be curative is a two-stage hepatectomy in which the cancer is resected from one lobe and regeneration allowed prior to contralateral lobe resection. OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility, risks, and outcomes in a prospectively applied strategy for two-stage hepatectomy. METHODS: Over a 6-year period, 14 of 280 patients undergoing liver resection for colorectal liver metastases (5%) were considered for two-stage hepatectomy. Surgery was combined with chemotherapy in all (n = 14) and portal vein embolisation (PVE) selectively (n = 5). Median follow-up was 43 months. RESULTS: Both stages were completed in 11 of 14 patients (78%). There were no deaths. Post-operative complication rates were 0% (1st hepatectomy) and 27% (2nd hepatectomy). The 5-year survival after the second hepatectomy was 50%. The mean disease-free survival was 25 +/- 7.5 months. CONCLUSION: Two-stage hepatectomy combined with systemic chemotherapy and PVE can produce long-term survival in patients with multiple bilobar colorectal liver metastases.

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Adult, Aged, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, Colorectal Neoplasms/*pathology/*therapy, *Embolization, Therapeutic, Female, Hepatectomy/*methods, Humans, Liver Neoplasms/*secondary/surgery/*therapy, Male, Middle Aged, *Portal Vein, Prospective Studies, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19033722
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής

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