HUO Feng , PU Miaoshui , ZHAN Shilin , WANG Shaoping , CHEN Jianxiong.
  • Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guangzhou General Hospital, Guangzhou Military Zone, Guangzhou 510010, China;
Hepatocellular carcinoma Hypersplenism Hepatectomy Splenectomy Spleen artery embolization
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【Abstract】ObjectiveTo explore the appropriate surgical management of the primary hepatocellular carcinoma with hypersplenism.
MethodsOf 67 patients who has primary hepatocellular carcinoma with hypersplenism, 17 cases had hepatectomy combined with splenectomy, 7 cases had hepatectomy only, and the other 43 patients were treated with hepatic artery embolization and splenic artery embolization.
ResultsThe symptoms of hypersplenism disappeared and the hemogram became normal 30 d after operation in 17 patients who had hepatectomy combined with splenectomy, but worsened in 7 patients who only had simple hepatectomy and 6 cases of those patients were treated with splenic artery embolization 3-7 months after operation. In 43 patients treated with hepatic artery embolization and splenic artery embolization, 79%（34/43）had improved hypersplenism symptoms and the hemogram became normal.
ConclusionThe treatment of primary hepatocellular carcinoma with hypersplenism should be strived for hepatectomy combined with splenectomy. If the liver mass cannot be resected, hepatic artery embolization and splenic artery embolization should be chosen.

Citation： HUO Feng,PU Miaoshui,ZHAN Shilin,WANG Shaoping,CHEN Jianxiong.. Surgical Treatment for Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated with Hypersplenism. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2006, 13(2): 173-174. doi: Copy