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  • Title: Hepatic resection and percutaneous ethanol injection for the treatment of selected patients with more than one hepatocellular carcinoma.
    Author: Belli G, Iannelli A, Romano G, Marano I.
    Journal: Eur J Surg; 1999 Jul; 165(7):647-51. PubMed ID: 10452258.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To report our results in a selected series of patients who had two separate hepatocellular carcinomas that were not suitable for treatment by resection alone or percutaneous injection of ethanol alone, whom we treated by a combination of the two. DESIGN: Open study. SETTING: Teaching hospital, Italy. SUBJECTS: 11 patients with Child's grade A or B cirrhosis who had two hepatocellular carcinomas in distant segments of the liver. INTERVENTIONS: Percutaneous injection of ethanol into the smaller of the two nodules before, during, or after resection. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Morbidity, mortality, and recurrence. RESULTS: No patient died and there was one postoperative complication (atelectasis). During a median follow-up period of 24 months (range 8-48) two patients have developed recurrences (at 10 and 18 months). CONCLUSION: Although we have studied only a few patients for a relatively short time this double approach may be an important treatment option for suitable patients with two hepatocellular carcinomas.
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