Status:
UNKNOWN
Anatomical Right Posterior Sectionectomy of the Liver by IOUS-Guided Finger Compression
Lead Sponsor:
University of Milan
Conditions:
Colorectal Liver Metastases
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-85 years
Brief Summary
The use of intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) allows us to perform new conservative hepatectomies. The investigators previously reported the systematic subsegmentectomy by IOUS-guided finger compression...
Detailed Description
A novel technique for the demarcation of the resection area by means of IOUS-guided finger compression to accomplish a right posterior sectionectomy is described. Dissection or encirclement of the sec...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with tumors at least at 1 cm distally to the bifurcation of the right portal vein (bifurcation of P5-8 and P6-7) eligible for right posterior sectionectomy, namely the anatomical removal of segment 6 and 7, were considered potential candidates to this procedure. Precisely, these criteria were adopted:
- Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with infiltrative growing pattern in contact with P6-7;
- Patients with any type of HCC in contact with P6-7 with distal bile duct dilation;
- Patients with colorectal liver metastasis (CLM) in contact with P6-7.
Exclusion
- Exclusion criteria for carrying out the herein described procedure was considered the presence of tumoral thrombosis in P6-7.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
10 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00797251
Start Date
September 1 2007
End Date
January 1 2009
Last Update
November 25 2008
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1
University of Milan School of Medicine, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Rozzano, Milan, Italy, 20089