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Periprocedural complications by Child-Pugh class in patients undergoing transcatheter arterial embolization or chemoembolization to treat unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma at a VA medical center.

Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center, USA.
American journal of surgery (impact factor: 2.36). 11/2010; 200(5):659-64. DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.07.021 pp.659-64
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ABSTRACT For patients with compensated cirrhosis, transcatheter arterial embolization with and without additive chemotherapy has been shown to improve survival. The aim of this study was to compare periprocedural complications in a population with hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma to evaluate for differences in complications by severity of liver disease.
Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated by transcatheter arterial embolization with or without additive chemotherapy procedures from 2003 to 2006 were retrospectively reviewed and compared by Child-Pugh (CP) class. A total of 141 embolizations were done in 76 patients.
Complication rates were seen in 27% of CP class A and 17% of CP class B patients. There was no significant difference in the grade of complications between the 2 groups or between procedure types. Survival rate was dependent on the degree of liver dysfunction (3-year CP class A, 49%; CP class B, 13%; P = .0048).
Embolization procedures to treat hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma can be performed safely with low morbidity and mortality rates, even in patients with a compromised hepatic reserve.

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Keywords

141 embolizations
 
2 groups
 
3-year CP class
 
76 patients
 
additive chemotherapy
 
additive chemotherapy procedures
 
compensated cirrhosis
 
Complication rates
 
compromised hepatic reserve
 
CP class
 
CP class B
 
CP class B patients
 
Embolization procedures
 
hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma
 
low morbidity
 
mortality rates
 
procedure types
 
Survival rate
 
transcatheter arterial embolization
 
unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma