[Effect of liver cirrhosis on percutaneous selective portal vein embolization for primary liver cancer].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical value of PVE (portal vein embolism) prior to surgery in primary liver cancer (PLC) patients and the effect of liver cirrhosis on liver lobe hyperplasia after PVE.

Methods: 13 patients with primary liver cancer non-suitable for curative hepatectomy underwent k sequential transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) (1-3 times) and percutaneous selective portal vein embolization (PVE) when the remnant liver volumes were predicted to be insufficient. All patients were divided into non-cirrhosis (n = 7) and cirrhosis group (n = 6).

Long-term survival after chemoembolization of metastatic right atrial tumor thrombus as a presenting feature of hepatocellular carcinoma: A case study.

Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with invasion into the heart through the hepatic vein is a recognized rare occurrence with an extremely poor prognosis. Patients who present with right heart tumor thrombus have generally been considered inoperable. Although aggressive resection and liver transplantation treatment have previously been performed, the results remain unsatisfactory.

Single-operator wire-guided cannulation technique enables easier cannulation of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

Background: The single-operator wire-guided cannulation technique in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has been rarely reported.

Aims: This study was undertaken to determine the safety and efficiency of a single-operator wire-guided cannulation technique.

Methods: Four hundred sixty-five consecutive patients referred for ERCP were included in this prospective study and randomly divided into two groups.