[Two-stage hepatectomy combined with converting chemotherapy achieved a successful treatment for initially unresectable multiple bilobar colorectal liver metastases].
2010
A 60-year-old man having metachronous multiple bilobar colorectal liver metastases was referred to our institution. The lesions were diagnosed unresectable due to a lack of the estimated future remnant liver volume. He underwent 13 courses of mFOLFOX6 + bevacizumab as down-staging chemotherapy. The periodic abdominal CT scans revealed metastatic lesions to become PR. We had decided to perform two-stage hepatectomy to preserve a hepatic functional reserve. After the rest of chemotherapy for 4 weeks, four tumors were resected and right branch of the portal vein embolization was performed at the first operation. Right hemihepatectomy was performed 5 weeks after the first operation to achieve curative resection. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged at 17 days after the operation. He has no signs of tumor recurrence during the follow-up. The combination of two-stage hepatectomy and neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy may contribute to improve prognoses of initially unresectable multiple bilobar colorectal liver metastases, leading to prolonged survival.
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