Successful Curative Extracorporeal Hepatic Resection for Far-Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma in an Adolescent Patient

摘要

Hepatectomy is the principal treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, some HCCs are not resectable by conventional hepatic resection. In such apparently incurable cases, extracorporeal hepatic resection (ECHR) may offer an option for survival.1 We recently encountered a juvenile patient with faradvanced HCC who was successfully treated by ECHR with favorable long-term survival.