Objective To discuss the effective surgical treatment of intrahepatic lithiasis combined with high hepatic duct strictures. MethodsTwo hundreds and sixteen cases of intrahepatic lithiasis and high hepatic duct strictures treated in this hospital from January 1993 to October 2002 were analysed retrospectively.ResultsOne hundred and eightythree cases underwent different selective operation by selected time; 33 cases complicated with acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis underwent emergency were performed single biliary drainage, in which 30 cases were reoperated. The operative procedure were: hepatic lobectomy,high cholangiotomy and plastic repair,exposure of hepatic duct of the 2nd and the 3rd order,and plastic repair with own patch and choledochojejunostomy.Two hundreds and six cases were cured,the curative rate was 95.4%; 8 cases improved (3.7%), and 2 cases died (0.9%).Conclusion The best effective surgical treatment of intrahpatic lithiasis is hepatic lobectomy. Exposure of hepatic duct of the 2nd and the 3rd order is a satisfactory to release the hepatic duct strictures and to clear the intrahepatic lithiasis. For patients with normal extrahepatic bile duct and Oddi’s function, plastic repair of bile duct with own patch is possible to keep the normal form and function. Cholangioscopy may play an important role in the treatment of intrahepatic tract lithiasis during operation.
Objective To investigate the recurrence of intrahepatic bile duct stones and study the relations to the primary intrahepatic stones.Methods One hundred and twenty nine patients who experienced complete lithotomy were followed up for 2-10 years. Results Thirty five cases had the recurrence of intrahepatic stones at 49 sites (27.13%). The recurrent stones were found at following sites: 13 at left duct, 12 right duct , 8 left medial segment, 6 right anterior segment, 4 right posterior segment, 3 left lateral segment, 3 caudate. Nine cases were asymptomic, 16 cases had slight symptoms and 10 cases suffered from the serious attacks of stones. The time of recurrence was from 2 to 9 years (5.49±2.25 years) after surgery. The recurrent rate was 27.13% in our group. Conclusion The recurrence of intrahepatic stones also developed at several sites in the liver. The recurrence of intrahepatic stones had a tendency to develop at the primary sites. The recurrence of intrahepatic stones may be asymptomic and most patients suffered from slight attack. Liver resection is the best way to prevent the recurrence from intrahepatic stones.
Objective To study the etiology of primary intrahepatic stones. MethodsThe literatures in the recent years on the etiology of intrahepatic stone were revieved. Results The formation of intrahepatic stone mainly caused by bacteria infection, parasitic infestation, bile stasis, congenital anatomic abnormalities and immunoreaction of bile tract. Further investigation found that metabolic, low protein diet, environment and ethnic factors and gene mutation were considered to play important roles in the formation of the intrahepatic stone. Conclusion The formation of intrahepatic stone is complex and are result of multiple factors. It closely related to the infection and stasis of the bile duct.
Twenty one cases of hepatocholelithiasis treated through hepatic round ligament approach for hepaticojejunostomy is reported. Of them 5 were introgenic injury to the biliary tract， 8 were left hepatolithiasis (7 complicated with bile duct stricture), 2 were intrahepatic sandy stone with acute suppurative cholangeitis, and 3 were residual stone in left hepatic duct with cystlike dilatation after T-tube drainage; while traumatic injury to the biliary passages, previous multiple biliary tract operations and left hepatic duct stone with acute hemorrhage were present in one of case individually 75.9% each. The ages of the patients were between 32 to 50 years. Clinical follw-up in this series was satisfactory. The authors consider that this approach gives good exposure with little injury to the liver and no liver resection needed. The indication for this approach mode of anastomosis and some operative details are discussed.
Objective To investigate the roles of NF-κB and EGFR in hepatolithiasis associated with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Methods Ninety cases of liver tissue specimens from hepatectomies performed in the 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University between August 1989 and June 2009 were enrolled in the study. Among them, 33 cases of hepatolithiasis associated with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma were considered as observing group, 32 cases of hepatolithiasis as control group, and 25 cases of normal bile duct tissues as normal control group. The SP method of immunohistochemical staining was applied to detect the expressions of NF-κB and EGFR in intrahepatic biliary ducts epithelial cells, and their relations with clinicopathologic factors and the accumulated survival rate of hepatolithiasis associated with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma were analyzed. Results Expression rates of NF-κB and EGFR were gradually raised from normal control group, control group to observing group (Plt;0.01). Expression of EGFR in tumor patients was related to histopathologic differentiation grading and the depth of tumor invasion (Plt;0.05), but not to gender, age, or lymph node metastasis (Pgt;0.05)； there were no significant relationships between the expression of NF-κB and factors described above (Pgt;0.05). The survival rate of patients with tumor expressed EGFR was significantly lower than that of patients with tumor non-expressed EGFR (Plt;0.01). Conclusions NF-κB expression is in the early stage during intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma genesis. NF-κB and EGFR play cooperating roles during hepatolithiasis carcinogenesis process. Over expression of EGFR is related with poor differentiation and prognosis of tumor.
ObjectiveTo investigate the expression of forkhead box A2 (FXOA2) in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), and to analyze the relationship between expression of FOXA2 and patient's prognosis after liver resection. MethodsData of 85 patients with ICC who underwent liver resection between 2009 and 2013 in our hospital were collected retrospectively. The expression of FOXA2 was examined by immunohistochemical method, and then the relationship between expression of FOXA2 and patient's prognosis/clinical characteristics was expplored. ResultsAmong the 85 patients, low expression of FOXA2 was detected in 50 patients, whereas high expression was observed in 35 patients. More advanced tumor (Ⅲ+Ⅳ staging) was found in patients with low expression of FOXA2 than patients with high expression of FOXA2 (P < 0.050). The median follow-up time was 15-month (3-73 months). During the follow-up period, 65 patients suffered from recurrence, whereas 64 patients died. The multivariate analysis suggested that, postoperative recurrence was associated with low expression of FOXA2, evaluated preoperative CA19-9, and presence of satellite nodes (P < 0.050). Low expression of FOXA2, evaluated preoperative CA19-9, nerves invasion, and presence of satellite nodes were predictive factors for postoperative prognosis (P < 0.050). ConclusionLow expression of FOXA2 was associated with poor prognosis for patients with ICC after liver resection, and FOXA2 may be a prognostic factor for ICC.
ObjectiveTo investigate the expression of proapoptosis gene bad in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) and its relationship to differentiation of the tumor.MethodsThe immunohistochemistry technique by Dako Envision system and rabbit antihuman bad polyclonal antibodies were adopted. The expression of bad was detected in 48 cases of ICC and 25 cases of control tissues.ResultsBad immunoreactivity in 48 cases of ICC was higher than that of bile duct epithelium in 25 cases of control tissues. And contrasted with 21 cases of well differentiated ICC, bad immunoreactivity was higher in 27 cases of middle and poor differentiated ICC.ConclusionThe expression of bad gene may be related to the differentiation of ICC.
Objective To discuss the differentiation between transient intrahepatic cholestasis (TIHC) and acute rejection (AR) after liver transplantation． Methods Characteristics and the changes (before and within 21 d after transplantation) of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and direct bilirubin (DBIL) in 30 patients undergone liver transplantation were observed. These patients were divided into TIHC group and AR group following the diagnosis criteria, and the serum levels of ALT and DBIL were compared respectively on day 1 before liver transplantation, day 3, 7 and 21 after liver transplantation． Results Compared with day 3 after transplantation in the TIHC group， DBIL significantly ascended while ALT was changeless on day 7 after transplantation. But in the AR group， DBIL ascended significantly and ALT showed an increasing tendency on day 7 after transplantation． After appropriate therapy, DBIL and ALT of two groups both descended significantly on day 21 after transplantation． Conclusion The changes of DBIL and ALT are available for the differentiation between TIHC and AR after transplantation.
Four hundred and eighty two paients suffering from intrahepatic bile duct stone undergoing lobectomy and segmental resection (from 1975 to 1994,9) has reported. 63% of the patient in this group underwent 1-5 operations, including different types of biliary-intestinal anastomosis (21.6%). 482 cases underwent different types of hepatectomy, including left lateral-lobetomy 321 cases (66.6%),left hemihepatectomy 80 cases(16.6%), right hemihepatectomy 19 cases (3.9%), and multiple segmental resections 39 cases (8.1%, including Ⅴ+Ⅷ 11 cases, Ⅵ+Ⅶ 28 cases). Other type hepatectomy combined with guadrate lobectomy 20 cases (4.1%). Postoperative complication rate was 10.2%, including diliary fistula. hemobilia and subdiaphragmatic and resectional surface infectioin, 85% of the patients were followed up with an excellent result of 88%. The authors emphsize that hepatic lobectomy nad segmental resection is the core of treatment and selection of operative methods depends on clinical-patholigic types of the disease.
ObjectiveTo discuss clinical manifestation, laboratory examination, imaging and pathological features of intrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma(ICC) patients with fever as initial symptom accompanied with liver area pain, in order to improve the clinicians' acquaintance for ICC under similar circumstances. MethodThe case informations including medical history, clinical manifestation, laboratory examination, imaging finding, pathological examination, and treatment of 4 patients diagnosed with ICC by pathological biopsy from july 2013 to October 2014 in the First hospital of Lanzhou University were analyzed retrospectively. ResultsAll of four cases showed the fever as the initial symptom accompanied with the liver area pain. All of them had got chronic HBV infection. The WBC, neutrophil percentage, and procalcitonin were increased on admission in 3 cases. the levels of serum ALP and GGT were elevated in 3 patients. The AFP was obviously increased in 1 patient. The serum CA19-9 had moderately elevated in 2 patients. the ferroprotein was obviously increased in 2 patients. All the patients were confirmed under the abdominal CT scans and the liver pathological biopsy. ConclusionPatients with fever and liver area pain as intial symptoms, and with chronic hepatitis B and space-occupying lesions, who should be alert for ICC.