Repeat liver resection versus salvage liver transplant for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: A propensity score-adjusted and -matched comparison analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds/aims

Repeat liver resection (RLR) and salvage liver transplantation (SLT) are viable treatment options for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). With possibly superior survival outcomes than RLR, SLT is however, limited by liver graft availability and poses increased perioperative morbidity. In this study, we seek to compare the outcomes of RLR and SLT for patients with recurrent HCC.

Methods

Between 1999 and 2018, 94 and 16 consecutive patients who underwent RLR and SLT respectively were identified. Further retrospective subgroup analysis was conducted, comparing 16 RLR with 16 SLT patients via propensity-score matching.

Results

After propensity-score adjusted analyses, SLT demonstrated inferior short-term perioperative outcomes than RLR, with increas

SUBMITTER: Guo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6893044 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature