Repeat hepatic resection in patients with colorectal liver metastases

Figure 1 Flow diagram of patient selection. ¹Exclusion criteria: extrahepatic metastasis, double primary carcinoma, grossly remnant tumor after surgery, hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, and familial adenomatous polyposis.

Figure 2 Disease-free survival and overall survival curves after primary and secondary hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastases. A: Disease-free survival; B: Overall survival.

Figure 3 Disease-free survival curves after primary and secondary hepatic resection for single or multiple colorectal liver metastases. A: Primary hepatectomy for single or multiple colorectal liver metastases (CRLM); B: Secondary hepatectomy for single or multiple recurrent CRLM; C: Primary or secondary hepatectomy for single CRLM; D: Primary or secondary hepatectomy for multiple CRLM.