Remon Korenblik, Jan Heil, Jens Smits, Sinead James, Bram Olij, Wolf O Bechstein, Marc H A Bemelmans, Christoph A Binkert, Stefan Breitenstein, Michael Williams, Olivier Detry, Maxime J L Dewulf, Alexandra Dili, Lukasz F Grochola, Jon Grote, Daniel Heise, Jennifer A Kalil, Peter Metrakos, Ulf P Neumann, Sam G Pappas, Francesca Pennetta, Andreas A Schnitzbauer, Jordan C Tasse, Bjorn Winkens, Steven W M Olde Damink, Christiaan van der Leij, Erik Schadde, Ronald M van Dam
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to compare 3-year overall survival after simultaneous portal (PVE) and hepatic vein (HVE) embolization versus PVE alone in patients undergoing liver resection for primary and secondary cancers of the liver. METHODS: In this multicentre retrospective study, all DRAGON 0 centres provided 3-year follow-up data for all patients who had PVE/HVE or PVE, and were included in DRAGON 0 between 2016 and 2019. Kaplan-Meier analysis was undertaken to assess 3-year overall and recurrence/progression-free survival...
April 3, 2024: British Journal of Surgery