[Radical resections in advanced hepatic tumors]

Experience with 32 curative major and extended liver resections performed in 30 patients with different disseminated focal diseases. The scope of resections was 50 to 85% of the liver parenchyma. Owing to the developed criteria for resectability and surgical techniques of operations, there was no hepatic failure due to the small mass of the liver stump. There were no intraoperative deaths. Postoperative complications were observed in 15.6% of cases. Early postoperative mortality was 6.25%, the deaths were caused by fulminant pleuropneumonia and acute cerebrovascular circulatory disorder. Late mortality (at months 2.5 to 28 (mean 17.6 +/- 4.0 months) was 18.75% and it was due to the generalization of cancer diseases. After extensive hepatic resections, survival was observed in 73.3% of cases with the maximum time of 63 months. The authors' own guidelines for extensive and maximum large resections of the liver are presented in the paper.