The effect of postoperative TACE on prognosis of HCC with microscopic venous invasion.

Background/aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of postoperative adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with microscopic venous invasion.

Methodology: Data from 76 patients with HCC who underwent hepatectomy with or without postoperative adjuvant TACE between July 2005 and August 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. Kaplan-Meier method was used to compare survival between the groups and prognostic factors were evaluated by Cox proportional hazard model.

Estimation of standard liver volume in Chinese adult living donors.

Aim: To determine a formula predicting the standard liver volume based on body surface area (BSA) or body weight in Chinese adults.

Materials And Methods: A total of 115 consecutive right-lobe living donors not including the middle hepatic vein underwent right hemi-hepatectomy. No organs were used from prisoners, and no subjects were prisoners.