Hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: Toward zero hospital deaths
- Yeung, C
- Lam, CM
- Liu, CL
- Yuen, WK
- Lo, CM
- Fan, ST
- Wong, J
DOIAbstract
Objective: The authors report on the surgical techniques and protocol for perioperative care that have yielded a zero hospital mortality rate in 110 consecutive patients undergoing hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The hepatectomy results are analyzed with the aim of further reducing the postoperative morbidity rate. Summary Background Data: In recent years, hepatectomy has been performed with a mortality rate of <10% in patients with HCC, but a zero hospital mortality rate in a large patient series has never been reported. At Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, the surgical techniques and perioperative management in hepatectomy for HCC have evolved yearly into a final standardized protocol that reduced the hospital mortality rate...
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