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Right hepatic lobectomy with removal of tumor thrombus from the portal vein for hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Ozawa Iwao,
Ogata Yoshiro,
Matsui Junichi,
Hishinuma Shoichi
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of hepato‐biliary‐pancreatic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1868-6982
pISSN - 0944-1166
DOI - 10.1007/bf01212779
Subject(s) - hepatoduodenal ligament , medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , thrombus , dissection (medical) , radiology , portal vein , ligament , bile duct , surgery , resection
Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus in the portal trunk and collateral veins in the hepatoduodenal ligament is usually considered to be unresectable. To resect the tumor, it is necessary to handle the portal trunk and bile duct after the hepatic artery and liver parenchyma have been transected without dissection of the hepatoduodenal ligament. In this way, we were able to perform right lobectomy with removal of the tumor thrombus in the portal trunk, avoiding profuse bleeding due to transection of the collateral veins. Our procedure is associated with certain problems, one being whether the tumor thrombus can be separated from the endothelium of the portal vein, and another being related to the radical extent of this operation. The major issue is the radical nature of this procedure. It is presumed that the collateral veins can be extirpated to achieve a curative operation.