Recovery from Liver Failure after Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis: Meaning of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 670-676

  Cucchetti, Alessandro ^a   Ercolani, Giorgio ^a   Cescon, Matteo ^a   Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Zanello, Matteo ^a   Del Gaudio, Massimo ^a   Lauro, Augusto ^a   Vivarelli, Marco ^a   Luca Grazi, Gian ^a   Pinna, Antonio Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33750489093     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Bosch F.X., Ribes J., and Borras J. Epidemiology of primary liver cancer. Semin Liver Dis 19 (1999) 271-285
2. Grazi G.L., Ercolani G., Pierangeli F., et al. Improved results of liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma on cirrhosis give the procedure added value. Ann Surg 234 (2001) 71-78
3. Fan S.T., Lo C.M., Liu C.L., et al. Hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: toward zero hospital deaths. Ann Surg 229 (1999) 322-330
4. Takayama T., Makuuchi M., Hirohashi S., et al. Early hepatocellular carcinoma as an entity with a high rate of surgical care. Hepatology 28 (1998) 1241-1246
5. Poon R.T., Fan S.T., Lo C.M., et al. Extended hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: is it justified?. Ann Surg 236 (2002) 602-611
6. Belghiti J., Regimbeau J.M., Durand F., et al. Resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a European experience on 328 cases. Hepatogastroenterology 49 (2002) 41-46
7. Miyagawa S., Makuuchi M., Kawasaki S., and Kakazu T. Criteria for safe hepatic resection. Am J Surg 169 (1995) 589-594
8. Lau H., Man K., Fan S.T., et al. Evaluation of preoperative hepatic function in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing hepatectomy. Br J Surg 84 (1997) 1255-1259
9. Ercolani G., Grazi G.L., Callivà R., et al. The lidocaine (MEGX) test as an index of hepatic function: its clinical usefulness in liver surgery. Surgery 127 (2000) 464-471
10. Radaelli C.A., Dufour J.F., Wagner M., et al. Preoperative galactose elimination capacity predicts complications and survival after hepatic resection. Ann Surg 235 (2002) 77-85
11. Child C.G., and Turcotte J.G. The liver and portal hypertension. In: Child C.G. (Ed). Surgery and portal hypertension (1964), Saunders, Philadelphia 50-58
12. Pugh R.N., Murray-Lyon I.M., Dawson J.L., et al. Transection of the oesophagus for bleeding oesophageal varices. Br J Surg 60 (1973) 646-649
13. Wayne J.D., Lauwers G.Y., Ikai I., et al. Preoperative predictors of survival after resection of small hepatocellular carcinomas. Ann Surg 235 (2002) 722-731
14. Malinchoc M., Kamath P.S., Gordon F.D., et al. A model to predict poor survival in patients undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts. Hepatology 31 (2000) 864-871
15. Kamath P.S., Wiesner R.H., Malinchoc M., et al. A model to predict survival in patients with end-stage liver disease. Hepatology 33 (2001) 464-470
16. Freeman R.B., Wiesner R.H., Harper A., et al. The new liver allocation system: moving toward evidence-based transplantation policy. Liver Transpl 8 (2002) 851-858
17. Cucchetti A., Ercolani G., Vivarelli M., et al. Impact of model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score on prognosis after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma on cirrhosis. Liver Transpl 12 (2006) 966-971
18. Teh S.H., Christein J., Donohue J., et al. Hepatic resection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: Model of End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score predicts perioperative mortality. J Gastrointestinal Surg 9 (2005) 1207-1215
19. Farges O., Malassagne B., Flejou J.F., et al. Risk of major liver resection in patients with underlying chronic liver disease: a reappraisal. Ann Surg 229 (1999) 210-215
20. Ishak K., Baptista A., Bianchi L., et al. Histological grading and staging of chronic hepatitis. J Hepatol 22 (1995) 696-699
21. Committee of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. IHPBA Brisbane. Terminology of Liver anatomy and resections 2 (2000), Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, United Kingdom 333-339
22. Stone H.H., Long W.D., Smith R.B., and Haynes C.D. Physiologic consideration in major hepatic resections. Am J Surg 117 (1969) 78-84
23. Kubota K., Makuuchi M., Kusaka K., et al. Measurement of liver volume and hepatic functional reserve as a guide to decision-making in resectional surgery for hepatic tumors. Hepatology 26 (1997) 1176-1181
24. Balzan S., Belghiti J., Farges O., et al. The "50-50 criteria" on postoperative day 5: an accurate predictor of liver failure and death after hepatectomy. Ann Surg 242 (2005) 824-828