Efficacy of Hepatic Resections for Metastases of Colorectal Origin

Abstract

Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common neoplasm after gastric cancer, and with the frequency of liver metastases. We present a unicentric study of the surgical approach, results and survival, patients, surgery and systemic treatment of hepatic metastases of CRC.

Methods: A retrospective and descriptive study was carried out at the Oncology Institute of Ecuador in Solca- Guayaquil from January 2015 to December 2018. All patients of the Laparoscopic Service operated by colorectal cancer were included as initial diagnosis, which during their controls newspapers presented liver metastases and were candidates for surgical treatment of metastasectomies, previous valuation with digestive tract tumors committees.

Results: The final sample included 6 patients who could undergo anatomical and non-anatomical hepatic metastasectomies. The average age was 60 years, with a predominance of females (n = 4, 66.6%). Hepatic lesions were present in a single hepatic segment in 66% of those who underwent total resection, and whose complications were 33%, which were resolved during the hospital stay. One patient received neoadjuvant therapy, and only one patient presented metachronous metastasis. Survival is 100% until the end of the study.

Conclusion: Multidisciplinary decisions on a timely indication of hepatic metastasectomy reduce morbidity and mortality and increase the survival of patients with hepatic metastases of colorectal cancer.