Major Hepatectomy in the HCC Patient with an Indocyanine Green Retention Rate at 15 Minutes of 10% or Higher: Predictive Values of Postoperative Hepatic Failure.
- Author:
Chae Yoon LEE
1
;
Yoon Jin HWANG
;
Jae Min CHUN
;
Hyung Joon KWON
;
Joon Ho SON
;
Sang Gul KIM
;
Yung Kook YUN
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Korea. yjhwang@mail.knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hepatocellular carcinoma;
Hepatectomy;
Hepatic failure;
Esophageal varix
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular;
Esophageal and Gastric Varices;
Hepatectomy;
Humans;
Indocyanine Green;
Liver;
Liver Failure;
Prothrombin;
Retention (Psychology);
Risk Factors
- From:Korean Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
2011;15(1):1-6
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: Major hepatic resection is sometimes inevitable in patients with impaired liver function. We evaluated risk factors that cause postoperative liver failure after major hepatic resection in patients with over a 10% Indocyanine Green Retention rate at 15 minutes (ICGR15). METHODS: From Apr. 2002 to Aug. 2009, 32 patients who had over a 10% rate of ICGR15 underwent major hepatic resection (> or =4 Couinaud segments). Among the 32, 9 patients showed postoperative liver failure (less than 50% prothrombine time and/or 5 mg/dl or higher of total bilirubin). This high-risk group was compared to the rest who constituted a low-risk group. RESULTS: Patients with esophageal varix were more common in the high risk group (4 versus 2, p=0.043). Other clinicopathologic features showed no difference between the two groups. We had 2 in-hospital deaths in the high risk group. CONCLUSION: Great care is needed in patients with esophageal varix and limited liver function during major hepatic resection.
