Occlusion of the portal liver vein to permit liver surgeries for liver cancer
Completed
- Conditions
- Primary and secondary liver cancerCancer
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN39855523
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Cancer Institute of Brazil INCA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients with primary and secondary liver cancer treatable by hepatectomy
2. Proportion of FLR volume to the total functional liver volume (TFLV) less than 25% or less than 40% in patients with previous chemotherapy or hepatic cirrhosis.
3. Aged between five to 75 years old
Exclusion Criteria
1. Extensive ipsilateral tumor precluding safe access to the portal vein
2. Unmanageable coagulopathy
3. Extensive extra-hepatic disease
4. Liver abscess or infection
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method