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Surgical treatment of hepatoblastoma in children

Pediatric Radiology volume 36, pages 187–191 (2006)Cite this article

Abstract

Hepatoblastoma is the most common liver malignancy in children. With rare exceptions, complete tumour resection is required to cure the patient. Radical tumour resection can be obtained either with standard partial hepatectomy or orthotopic liver transplantation. At present, the surgical approach to hepatoblastoma differs significantly between treatment groups in different parts of the world. Our aim was to review current surgical policy in hepatoblastoma. All aspects of surgery in hepatoblastoma are discussed, including biopsy, tumour resection principles, modern achievements in the field of liver surgery, and the indications and potential contraindications for liver transplantation. Every effort should be made to resect hepatoblastoma completely either by standard partial hepatectomy or by the use of liver transplantation in difficult or clearly unresectable cases.

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Mariusz Sroka, who created the line drawings.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, ul. Nowe Ogrody 1-6, Gdansk, 80-803, Poland

    Piotr Czauderna

  2. Department of Paediatric Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Catholic University of Louvain, Cliniques Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Bernard Otte

  3. Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, WC1N 3JH, UK

    Derek J. Roebuck

  4. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Munich, Germany

    Dietrich von Schweinitz

  5. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

    Jack Plaschkes

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Czauderna, P., Otte, JB., Roebuck, D.J. et al. Surgical treatment of hepatoblastoma in children. Pediatr Radiol 36, 187–191 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-005-0067-0

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Keywords

  • Liver
  • Hepatoblastoma
  • Treatment
  • Surgery
  • Children