Surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus / 临床肝胆病杂志

ABSTRACT

Portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) is one of the important biological characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and also a serious complication and a metastatic mode. Surgical treatment is still the most effective therapy for HCC with PVTT. This article describes the history and present situation of surgical treatment of HCC with PVTT, the anatomical basis for PVTT formation, classification of PVTT, indications for surgery, selection of surgical approaches, and evaluation of the surgical outcome of PVTT. Individualized multidisciplinary treatment should be developed based on evidence-based medicine, which might be the right direction for the treatment of HCC with PVTT.