Original Article
Copyright ©2009 Baishideng.
World J Hepatol. Oct 31, 2009; 1(1): 79-89
Published online Oct 31, 2009. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v1.i1.79
Table 5 Outcomes of patients undergoing major vessel resection/reconstruction
Initial resection
Second resection
VariablesConventional (n = 296)Combined (n = 16)P valueConventional (n = 37)Combined (n = 7)P value
Patient-related
Age, years64660.663610.91
(30-85)(54-72)(32-83)(47-80)
GenderMale186 (63%)9 (56%)0.619 (51%)5 (71%)0.43
Female110 (37%)7 (44%)18 (49%)2 (29%)
Primary-related
SiteColon169 (57%)11 (69%)0.6127 (73%)6 (86%)0.66
Rectum127 (43%)5 (31%)10 (27%)1 (14%)
Dukes stageA or B103 (35%)3 (19%)0.3313 (35%)1 (14%)0.53
C193 (65%)13 (81%)24 (65%)6 (86%)
HistologyWell99 (33%)7 (44%)0.6211 (30%)2 (29%)> 0.99
Moderate184 (62%)8 (50%)26 (70%)5 (71%)
Others13 (4%)1 (6%)--
Liver-related
TimingSynchronous146 (49%)10 (63%)0.44
Metachronous150 (51%)6 (38%)
DistributionUnilobar175 (59%)6 (38%)0.1227 (73%)5 (71%)> 0.99
Bilobar121 (41%)10 (63%)10 (27%)2 (29%)
Number23.50.11110.57
(1-38)(1-27)(1-7)(1-4)
Maximum tumor size (mm)28500.0229400.05
(5-185)(15-110)(10-80)(29-50)
Extrahepatic diseasePresent40 (14%)4 (25%)0.268 (22%)1 (14%)> 0.99
Prehepatectomy CEA (ng/mL)8.343.9< 0.018.621.50.45
(1-10 536)(2-4498)(3-360)(2-559)