A clinical study on treatment of massive multifocal malignant liver tumor with argon super-cryosurgery
FANG Chi-Hua
YU Jin-long
YU li
FANG Shi-gang
WANG You-shun
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the efficacy of argon surper-cryosurgery system (ASSS) in the treatment of huge hepatic multi-nidus carcinoma at advanced stage in cases of which conventional surgery is impossible. Methods Twenty-two patients with huge hepatic multi-nidus carcinoma at advanced stage, incurable with conventional surgery, were treated by ASSS in combination with entire or reduced-size excision. In terms of combined treatment, 1 patient received reduced-size operation and portal vein chemotherapeutic pump, 2 with entire excision and portal vein chemotherapeutic pump, 1 with entire excision and liver artery chemotherapeutic pump, 3 with only liver artery chemotherapeutic pump, and 6 with portal vein chemotherapeutic pump. Nine patients were simply treated by ASSS. Results The surgical procedures went smoothly in all cases and the complications, such as bleeding at the puncture aperturae, thorax effusion, bile leakage and liver cataphora, were successfully managed. The follow-up study was performed and all patients surived with the longest survival of 11 months up till now. Conclusions ASSS offers a new treatment method for huge hepatic multi-nidus carcinoma at advanced stage, but the indications must be carefully observed, and the surgical skills and prevention of complication are of great importance.
Keywords：carcinomahepatocellularoperationargon surper-cryosurgical system
Publication Date：2000-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 528 )