Journal Basic Info

  • Impact Factor: 2.395**
  • H-Index: 8
  • ISSN: 2474-1647
  • DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647
**Impact Factor calculated based on Google Scholar Citations. Please contact us for any more details.

Major Scope

  •  Plastic Surgery
  •  Gastroenterological Surgery
  •  Transplant Surgery
  •  Urology
  •  Bariatric Surgery
  •  Colon and Rectal Surgery
  •  Orthopaedic Surgery
  •  Emergency Surgery

Abstract

Citation: Clin Surg. 2016;1(1):1198.Review Article | Open Access

Surgical Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Choose Liver Resection or Liver Transplantation

Wei-Chen Lee

Department of General Surgery, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan

*Correspondance to: Wei-Chen Lee 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1198

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignancy in the liver. In very early/early HCC, surgical treatment is the treatment with the best outcomes. Surgical treatment for HCC included liver resection and liver transplantation. Recently, surgical treatment is toward liver transplantation instead of liver resection because disease-free and overall survival rates are better in liver transplantation than liver resection. However, liver donation is always short and it is impossible to perform primary liver transplantation for every HCC patient. Liver resection can undergo for the patients with low recurrent rate and liver allografts are allocated to the most suitable patients to achieve the best outcomes for all patients. Under this policy, liver resection will be preferred for the patients with solitary tumor and adequate liver function reservation and liver transplantation will be for the patients with multiple tumors, decompensate liver function or compensated liver function with clinical suspicion of portal hypertension.

Keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Liver transplantation

Cite the article

Lee W-C. Surgical Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Choose Liver Resection or Liver Transplantation. Clin Surg. 2016; 1: 1198.

Search Our Journal

Journal Indexed In

Articles in PubMed

Risk Factors for Visual Impairment in an Uninsured Population and the Impact of the Affordable Care Act
 PubMed  PMC  PDF  Full Text
Voice Outcomes in Laryngotracheal Stenosis: Impact of the Montgomery T-tube
 PubMed  PMC  PDF  Full Text
View More...

Articles with Grants

Preoperative Characteristics Affecting the Outcome of Pneumatic Retinopexy Using Only Air
 Abstract  PDF  Full Text
PROZ is a Biomarker for Progression of Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Correlated with Tumor- Infiltrating Immune Cells
 Abstract  PDF  Full Text
View More...