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Redo hepatic resection for metastatic colorectal carcinoma

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Redo hepatic resection for recurrent colorectal metastasis was performed in eight patients. There was no operative mortality; major morbidity occurred in 25% and minor morbidity in 13% of patients. Four patients are alive and disease-free at 9, 23, 39, and 49 months, respectively, after their repeat hepatic resection. Four patients have died of recurrent disease, with a median time to recurrence of 6 months and median survival of 15 months. Patterns of failure include hepatic failure alone in two patients and pulmonary and hepatic failure in two. Repeat liver resection can be performed safely and may be beneficial in some patients with recurrent metastases confined to the liver after previous hepatic metastasectomy.

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La résection itérative de métastases hépatiques d'un cancer colorectal a été pratiquée chez 8 patients. Il n'y a eu aucune mortalité opératoire. La morbidité majeure a été de 25% (2 patients), alors qu'elle a été mineure chez un patient (13%). Quatre patients sont en vie et apparement sans maladie à 9, 23, 39, et 49 mois après leur deuxième résection. Quatre patients sont morts de récidive avec une médiane d'intervalle libre avant la récidive de 6 mois, et une survie médiane de 15 mois. La récidive a été dans deux cas au niveau du foie seul et dans deux autres cas, simultanément au niveau du poumon et du foie. La résection itérative de métastases hépatiques est faisable avec sûreté et peut apporter un plus chez certains patients déjà opérés de leur métastase.

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El tratamiento quirúrgico de las metástasis hepáticas recurrentes luego de una resección inicial no ha sido considerado como opción terapeútica. Sin embargo, varios informes recientes han documentado el hecho de que la resección repetida es técnicamente factible y que puede resultar en prolongados intervalos libres de enfermedad en 38% a 50% de los pacientes. Con anterioridad al présente reporte, solo 62 pacientes sometidos a resección hepática repetida por cancer colorrectal metastásico han sido descritos en la literatura. Se requieren estudios adicionales, y nuestro grupo présenta su experiencia para complementar esta base de datos.

Se describe la resección redo-hepática por metástasis colorrectales recurrentes en ocho pacientes. No hubo mortalidad operatoria, se registró morbilidad mayor en 25% y menor en 13%. Cuatro pacientes se encuentran vivos y libres de enfermedad a los 9, 23, 39 y 49 meses después de la nueva resección hepática. Cuatro pacientes han muerto por enfermedad récurrente con un tiempo medio de recurrencia de 6 meses, y un tiempo medio de sobrevida de 15 meses. Los lugares de falla incluyen sólo dos en el hígado y dos en el pulmón. La resección repetida del hígado puede ser realizada con seguridad y puede ser beneficiosa en algunos pacientes con metástasis récurrentes confinadas al hígado después de una “metastasectomía” previa.

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Fowler, W.C., Hoffman, J.P. & Eisenberg, B.L. Redo hepatic resection for metastatic colorectal carcinoma. World J. Surg. 17, 658–661 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01659136

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