[A clinical study of the surgical treatment of liver metastases]

It is emphasized that currently only surgery offers a real hope of improving the prognosis of patients suffering from liver metastases and many data from the Literature supporting this contention are reported. Indications and prognostic factors for the surgical treatment of these lesions are evaluated. A series of 36 patients operated on for hepatic metastases and the relative technical procedures are presented. In 33 cases the primary tumor was a colorectal carcinoma. Two right lobectomies and 34 minor resections or segmentectomies were performed. No peroperative mortality was observed. The survival rate was 70% after 1 year, 51% after 2 years, and 27% after 3 years.