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Table 2 Tumor characteristics

From: Rescue radiofrequency ablation or percutaneous ethanol injection: a strategy for failed RALPPS stage-1 in patients with cirrhosis-related hepatocellular carcinoma

Patient

Location

Number

Size (cm)a

PVTT

HVTT

Pathologyb

1

Right anterior sector

1

7.8

No

No

Moderately differentiated HCC

2

V, VI

Multiple

7.0

No

Right hepatic vein

Poorly differentiated HCC

3

VI

1

6.8

Right branch

No

–

4

Right hemi-liver

2

10.1

Right posterior branch

No

Moderately differentiated HCC

5

Right and left lobes

3

17.0

Right branch

Right hepatic vein, middle hepatic vein

–

6

V, VIII

1

11.6

No

No

Moderately differentiated HCC

7

V, VI, VII

Multiple

3.1

No

No

Moderately differentiated HCC

  1. aRefers to the maximum diameter of the tumor; bTwo patients did not complete the RALPPS stage-2 and had no pathological diagnosis; RALPPS indicates radiofrequency-assisted ALPPS (associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy); PVTT, portal vein tumor thrombus; HVTT, hepatic vein tumor thrombus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma