[Influence of liver function on stereotactic microwave tissue coagulation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma]

We studied 21 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma with liver cirrhosis to investigate the influence of liver function on stereotactic microwave tissue coagulation therapy. The cases were divided into three groups by the operation. The first group received only hepatectomy, the second hepatectomy and coagulation therapy for any remaining tumor, and the third group received only coagulation therapy. In group one, the average value of ICG R15 increased from 26.6% to 33.8%. In group 2, the average value of ICG R15 increased from 18.9% to 32.1%. And in group 3, the initial ICG R15 was 26.1%; after four weeks, the ICG test was 25.4%. These results showed that coagulation therapy alone had less influence on hepatic function. We propose that the coagulation therapy should be selected for cases of HCC with liver cirrhosis which have a poor liver function.