The authors suggest that occlusion of blood flow to the whole liver is not necesarily a routine procedure in surgical removal of giant cavernous hemangioma in the 8th segment of liver. An occlusion tape can be placed around the finferior vena cava inadvance. Separtion of inferior vena cava between the diaphragm and the upper surface of liver sometimes is difficult, so that placement of the tape may fail. The procedure which we performed in four patients was intermittent occlusion of blood flow at the first hepatic hilum at room temperature during dissection and removal of the tumor en bloc. This operative method is simple and safe as compared with that of resection of the 8th segment of liver.
ObjectiveTo explore the clinical efficacy of transcatheter arterial embolization or transcatheter arterial embolization combined with percutaneous transhepatic sclerotherapy injection for hepatic cavernous hemangioma with different blood supply. MethodsEighty-six patients with hepatic cavernous hemangioma with different blood supply received femoral artery pingyangmycin iodized oil embolization or transcatheter arterial embolization combined with percutaneous transhepatic injection of pingyangmycin iodized oil embolization from February 2004 to April 2013. ResultsForty-five cases (52.3%) of tumor decreased by over 50%; 26 (30.2%) decreased by about 20% to 50%; 11 (12.8%) decreased by less than 20%; and 4 (4.7%) had no significant change in the tumor diameter. Patients did not have serious complications. ConclusionThe effect of individualized intervention for hepatic cavernous hemangioma with different blood supply is obvious, and it is a safe and effective therapeutic method.