Single center experience with ALPPS and timing with stage 2 in patients with fibrotic/cirrhotic liver

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Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) is a novel procedure for major resection in patients with insufficient future liver remnant (FLR). Effective FLR augmentation is pivotal in the completion of ALPPS. Liver fibrosis/cirrhosis associated with chronic viral hepatitis impairs liver regeneration. To investigate the augmentation of FLR in associating ALPPS between patients with fibrotic/cirrhotic livers (FL) and non-fibrotic livers (NFL) and compare their short-term clinical outcomes and long-term survival. Patients were divided into two groups based on the Ishak modified staging: non-fibrotic liver group (NFL, stage 0) and fibrotic/cirrhotic liver group (FL, stage 1-5/6). Weekly liver regeneration in FLR, perioperative data, and survival outcomes were investigated. Twenty-seven patients with liver tumors underwent ALPPS (NFL, n = 7; FL, n = 20). NFL and FL patients had viral hepatitis (28.6% [n = 2] and 95% [n = 19]), absolute FLR volume increments of 134.90 ml and 161.85 ml (p = 0.825), and rates of hypertrophy were 16.46 ml/day and 13.66 ml/day (p = 0.507), respectively. In the FL group, baseline FLR volume was 360.13 ml, postoperatively it increased to a plateau (542.30 ml) in week 2 and declined (378.45 ml) in week 3. One patient (3.7%) with cirrhotic liver (stage 6) failed to proceed to ALPPS-II. The overall ALPPS-related major complication rate was 7.4%. ALPPS is feasible for fibrotic liver patients classified by Ishak modified stages ≤ 5. After ALPPS-I, 14 days for FLR augmentation seems an appropriate waiting time to reach a maximum FLR volume in these patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Updates in surgery - (2024) vom: 17. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hung, Kuo-Chen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hao-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Li, Wei-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yu-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chih-Chi [VerfasserIn]

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ALPPS
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
Liver fibrosis/cirrhosis
Liver regeneration
Remnant liver volume
Viral hepatitis

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Date Revised 18.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1007/s13304-024-01782-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369842502