Effect of blood product transfusion on the prognosis of patients undergoing hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma : a propensity score matching analysis

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BACKGROUND: Hepatectomy, the most common treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma, is associated with greater intraoperative blood loss than is resection of other malignancies. The effect of blood product transfusion (red blood cell [RBC], platelet, fresh frozen plasma [FFP], 5 and 25% albumin) on prognosis remains unclear. This study examined effects of blood product transfusion on prognoses of patients who underwent hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma.

METHODS: We included 2015 patients with pathologically confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent hepatectomy at our institution during 1990-2019. Patients (n = 534) who underwent repeat hepatectomy, non-curative hepatectomy, those with synchronous cancer in other organs, those who died within 1 month of surgery, and those with missing data were excluded. Finally, 1481 patients (1142 males, 339 females; median age: 68 years) with curability A or B were included.

RESULTS: Intraoperative blood loss (> 500 mL) was an independent predictor of RBC transfusion (odds ratio, 8.482; P < 0.001). All transfusion groups had poorer recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) than non-transfusion groups. After propensity score matching, the 5 year RFS rate was 13.4 and 16.3% in the RBC and no-RBC groups, respectively (P = 0.020). The RBC group had a significantly lower 5 year OS rate than the no-RBC group (42.1 vs. 48.8%, respectively; P = 0.035) and the FFP group (57.0%) than the no-FFP group (63.9%) (p = 0.047). No significant between-subgroup differences were found for other blood transfusion types.

CONCLUSIONS: RBC transfusion promotes hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence and RBC/FFP transfusions reduced long-term survival and RFS and OS in patients who underwent radical liver resection of HCC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Journal of gastroenterology - 58(2023), 2 vom: 02. Feb., Seite 171-181

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nakayama, Hisashi [VerfasserIn]
Okamura, Yukiyasu [VerfasserIn]
Higaki, Tokio [VerfasserIn]
Moriguchi, Masamichi [VerfasserIn]
Takayama, Tadatoshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood transfusion
Hepatectomy
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article

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Date Completed 27.01.2023

Date Revised 22.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00535-022-01946-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351035281