WY Chu, Surgery, Tuen Mun Hospital, NTWC

 Initial management as a HST in rupture HCC

 Catastrophic event  Initial management is important Stop bleeding Identify potential long term survivors

Chan SY,  Known HBV carrier, L lobe liver mass  Sudden onset RUQ pain with shock  BP 70/45 P110, confused  Bedside USG: FF in Morrison’s pouch  Child’s A, Hb 12 g/dL  CT abdomen with contrast  Hemodynamically unstable

Chan SY,  Laparotomy: 4 cm S2&3 ruptured HCC, cirrhosis, 2L blood with clot  Perihepatic packing & LHA ligation at falciform ligament level  Further resuscitation in ICU  2 nd stage laparotomy 24 hrs later  Left lateral sectionectomy  Discharged post-op D7  Last FU : well no recurrence

TMH series Survival: 32 months (12-48) Survival: 7 months (3-8)

Early diagnosis ? Men ? Younger age ? Trauma hx ? Known HCC ? Cirrhosis ? HBV / HCV ? Shock ? RUQ/ epigastric pain ? Abd distension/ peritonism ?USG : FF

Early Resuscitation Correct coagulopathy Blood Transfusion

Assessment of patient Independent poor prognostic factors for 30 day mortality Tan et al, ANZJ Surg 2006 Candidate for liver resection Wang et al, ANZJ Surg 2008

Early CT scan ? Peripheral location ? Well- defined tumor ? Portal vein thrombosis

Early Transarterial embolization TAE  To stop arterial bleeding  Success rate: %  Liver failure rate: 19-29%  Re-rupture rate: up to 35% Lai et al, Arch Surg 2006

Early operation  Open hemostasis  Operable and unstable  Stop the venous bleeding

Liver resection  Survival benefit can be observed in patient with curative liver resection. Lai et al, Arch Surg 2006  One stage resection: shorter hospital stay Liu et al, World J Surg 2005  TMH: 2 nd staged operation  24 hours later

Summary  Life threatening event  Multidiscriplinary approach  Stop bleeding  Identify the potential candidate who can have long survival after Rx

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