Comparative effect of salvage liver transplantation and repeated hepatectomy for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma / 局解手术学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the curative effect of salvage liver transplantation and repeated hepatectomy for recurrent hepatocel-lular carcinoma.Methods The data of 72 patients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma fulfilling Child-Pugh A and the Milan criteria from September 2004 to August 2010 were retrospectively studied.According to different treatments,53 patients were divided into repeated hepatec-tomy group,and 19 patients were divided into salvage liver transplantation group.The overall survival rates and disease-free survival rates after operation were evaluated by Kaplan-Meier method.COX proportional hazard was used for univariate analysis and multivariate analysis to eval-uate the risk factors for prognosis.Results The 1-year,3-year and 5-year survival rates were 86.79%,62.26% and 45.28% in repeated hepatectomy group,and 89.47%,68.42%and 57.89% in the salvage liver transplantation group respectively.There was no significant differ-ence in the overall survival rates between the two groups (χ2 =2.530,P =0.112).The 1-year,3-year and 5-year disease-free survival rates were 67.92%,47.17% and 35.85%in the repeated hepatectomy group,94.74%,68.42% and 52.63% in the salvage liver transplantation group respectively.There was a significant difference in the disease-free survival rates between the two groups(χ2 =4.395,P =0.036).The univariate analysis and multivariate analysis indicated that microvascular invasion,satellite lesion and multiple tumors were the independent risk factors to influence the survival.Conclusion The salvage liver transplantation obtains a better effect for the patients fulfilling Child-Pugh A and the Milan criteria,which is an effective method in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.