Managements of recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation: A systematic review

Table 2 Morbidity and mortality from surgical treatments for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma in liver transplantation patients

Ref.	No. of patients	Surgical treatments	Post-operative morbidity	Post-operative mortality
		(No. of patients)
Regalia et al[75]	7	Liver resection (2), pulmonary lobectomy (2), omentectomy (1), bone resection (1), skin resection (1)	Uneventful	0
Castroagudìn et al[24]	1	Bilateral adrenalectomies in a successive manner	Uneventful	0
Catalano et al[40]	2	Liver resection (2)	Uneventful	0
Roayaie et al[55]	15	Liver resection (5), pulmonary resection (7), adrenalectomy (2), chest wall resection (1)	NR	0
Bates et al[38]	5	Pulmonary lobectomy (4), pulmonary lobectomy + rib resection after pre-transplant tumor biopsy (1)	NR	0
Kwon et al[71]	7	Pulmonary resection (7)	Uneventful	0
Marangoni et al[52]	4	Liver resection (4)	NS	0
Han et al[69]	12	Pulmonary resection (12)	NS	0
Kornberg et al[50]	7	Liver resection (2), pulmonary resection (2), cerebral tumor extirpation (1), adrenalectomy (1), chest wall resection after pre-transplant tumor biopsy (1)	NR	0
Valdivieso et al[61]	8	Liver resection (2), adrenalectomy (2), abdominal lymph node resection (2), pulmonary resection (2)	NR	0
Kitano et al[70]	3	Pulmonary resection (3)		0
Pfiffer et al[54]	7	Liver resection (1), extra-hepatic resection (6)	NR	NR
Kim et al[47]	3	Left adrenalectomy (1), splenectomy (1), lymph node resection	NR	0
Chen et al[77]	2	Pulmonary resection (1), adrenalectomy (1)	NR	0
Hwang et al[83]	23	Pulmonary resection (23)	Uneventful	0
Sommacale et al[74]	3	Liver resection (3)	100% (renal failure, respiratory sepsis, sub phrenic abscess)	0

NR: Not reported; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; LT: Liver transplantation.