Giant cavernous liver hemangiomas: effect of operative approach on outcome.

Hypothesis: The choice of operative technique for resection of giant cavernous hepatic hemangiomas has an effect on outcome.

Design: Case series.

Setting: Tertiary hepatobiliary surgery-liver transplantation service.

Surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma: does it improve survival?

Background: The incidence and mortality of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are increasing in the United States. Whether surgery is associated with improved survival at the population level is relatively unknown. To address this question, we used a population-based cancer registry to compare survival outcomes between patients receiving and not receiving surgery with similar tumor sizes and health status.

New era of liver transplantation for hepatitis B: a 17-year single-center experience.

Objective: To evaluate the variables affecting orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) outcome for hepatitis B virus (HBV) in a large patient cohort over a 17-year period.

Summary Background Data: Historically, OLT for chronic HBV infection has been associated with aggressive reinfection and poor survival results. More recently, OLT outcome has been improved with the routine use of antiviral therapy with either hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg) or lamivudine; however, HBV recurrence remains common.