Dr. Klompenhouwer on the Resection of Larger Hepatocellular Adenomas

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Anne Julia Klompenhouwer, MD, Department of Surgery at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, discusses when it is justified to resect a larger hepatocellular adenoma for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Anne Julia Klompenhouwer, MD, Department of Surgery at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, discusses when it is justified to resect a larger hepatocellular adenoma for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

The focus of a recent study was to determine when to resect large liver adenomas to avoid complications. Generally, adenomas more than 5 centimeters should be resected, explains Klompenhouwer, but the question remains to be when perform the resection.

The guidelines currently states to wait 6 months before resection. However, in this retrospective study, 100 patients with untreated adenomas needed 1.5 years until their tumors regressed to under 5 centimeters.

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