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Table 3 Volumetric changes of the FLR

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

Patient

 

Baseline

1st week after stage-1

2nd week after stage-1

3rd week after stage-1

1st week after rescue

2nd week after rescue

4th week after rescue

Before stage-2

1

FLR (ml)

241

366

463

479

505Ra

–

–

505

FLR (%)

19

29

37

38

41

–

–

41

2

FLR (ml)

234

395

429

–

469 P,Pb

498P

–

498

FLR (%)

19

32

35

–

38

41

–

41

3

FLR (ml)

339

327

–

348

422P,P

419

412P,P

–

FLR (%)

26

26

–

27

33

33

32

–

4

FLR (ml)

414

552

556

557

597R

–

–

597

FLR (%)

33

44

44

44

47

–

–

47

5

FLR (ml)

420

642

673

–

702R

762R

842

–

FLR (%)

26

39

40

–

43

47

52

–

6

FLR (ml)

396

479

491

–

539R

–

–

539

FLR (%)

29

35

36

–

40

–

–

40

7

FLR (ml)

225

410

421

–

448P

452

–

452

FLR (%)

21

38

39

–

42

42

–

42

1

KGR (ml/day)

 

17.8

16.3

2.0

5.1

–

–

 

KGR (%/week)

 

10

9

1

3

–

–

 

2

KGR (ml/day)

 

26.9

4.8

–

8.1

5.8

–

 

KGR (%/week)

 

15

3

–

5

3

  

3

KGR (ml/day)

 

− 1.2

–

2.3

8.3

− 0.5

0

 

KGR (%/week)

 

− 1

–

1

5

0

0

 

4

KGR (ml/day)

 

17.3

0.4

0.3

5.0

–

–

 

KGR (%/week)

 

10

0

0

3

–

–

 

5

KGR (ml/day)

 

31.7

4.5

–

4.2

7.5

3.6

 

KGR (%/week)

 

14

2

–

2

3

2

 

6

KGR (ml/day)

 

13.9

1.5

–

9.6

–

–

 

KGR (%/week)

 

7

1

–

5

–

–

 

7

KGR (ml/day)

 

23.2

1.5

–

6.3

0.5

–

 

KGR (%/week)

 

15

1

–

4

0

–

 
  1. aR indicates rescue radiofrequency(RFA); bP, rescue percutaneous ethanol injection(PEI). The number of subscript R or P stands for the number of session(s) applied; FLR, future liver remnant; KGR, kinetic growth rate