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- Clinical Trial NCT00960609
Communicating Veins Between Adjacent Hepatic Veins: an Intra-operative Ultrasound Study
Communicating Veins Between Adjacent Hepatic Veins: Rare, Exceptional or Frequent? An Intra-operative Ultrasound Study
The search for communicating veins (CVs) between adjacent hepatic veins (HVs) has drawn its rationale from living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Parenchymal sparing procedures although HVs are resected suggest that probably their presence is underestimated.
Taking profit from new improvements in ultrasound technology the investigators aim to better estimate the rate of CVs in a consecutive series of patients in whom resection of one HV at caval confluence is needed.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The search for communicating veins (CVs) between adjacent hepatic veins (HVs) has drawn its rationale from the need of reducing the risk of incomplete blood outflow in the medial portion of the hemiliver without the middle hepatic vein (MHV) in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). However, only 24% of patients seems having CVs based on the findings of color-Doppler intraoperative ultrasound (CD-IOUS) exploration. On the other hand the safety of parenchymal sparing procedure despite HV resection let suppose that CVs are probably more frequent than expected.
Certainly, better in vivo knowledge of the rate of CVs and their direct detection would consolidate and probably further expand parenchymal sparing techniques. Taking profit from new advancements in ultrasound technology we have carried out the present study with the aim of better estimating the rate of CVs in a consecutive series of patients in whom resection of one HV at caval confluence was needed.
Study Type
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Milano
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Rozzano, Milano, Italy, 20089
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas, IRCCS
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients suitable for being enrolled in the present study were those carriers of primary or metastatic tumour with direct contact or invasion of one HV at the caval confluence.
Exclusion Criteria:
- N/A
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Observational Models: Cohort
- Time Perspectives: Prospective
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
Intervention / Treatment |
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caval confluence HV involvement
Patients carriers of primary or metastatic tumour with direct contact or invasion of one HV at the caval confluence.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
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First outcome was the rate of CVs detectable with e-flow IOUS along clamping of the HV for which resection could be needed.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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Secondary outcome was safety (morbidity, mortality, blood loss, blood transfusions) of the procedure.
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Torzilli G, Procopio F, Botea F, Marconi M, Del Fabbro D, Donadon M, Palmisano A, Spinelli A, Montorsi M. One-stage ultrasonographically guided hepatectomy for multiple bilobar colorectal metastases: a feasible and effective alternative to the 2-stage approach. Surgery. 2009 Jul;146(1):60-71. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.02.017.
- Torzilli G, Donadon M, Marconi M, Palmisano A, Del Fabbro D, Spinelli A, Botea F, Montorsi M. Hepatectomy for stage B and stage C hepatocellular carcinoma in the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer classification: results of a prospective analysis. Arch Surg. 2008 Nov;143(11):1082-90. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.143.11.1082.
- Torzilli G, Donadon M, Marconi M, Botea F, Palmisano A, Del Fabbro D, Procopio F, Montorsi M. Systematic extended right posterior sectionectomy: a safe and effective alternative to right hepatectomy. Ann Surg. 2008 Apr;247(4):603-11. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31816387d7.
- Torzilli G, Donadon M, Palmisano A, Del Fabbro D, Spinelli A, Makuuchi M, Montorsi M. Back-flow bleeding control during resection of right-sided liver tumors by means of ultrasound-guided finger compression of the right hepatic vein at its caval confluence. Hepatogastroenterology. 2007 Jul-Aug;54(77):1364-7.
- Torzilli G, Montorsi M, Del Fabbro D, Palmisano A, Donadon M, Makuuchi M. Ultrasonographically guided surgical approach to liver tumours involving the hepatic veins close to the caval confluence. Br J Surg. 2006 Oct;93(10):1238-46. doi: 10.1002/bjs.5321.
- Sano K, Makuuchi M, Miki K, Maema A, Sugawara Y, Imamura H, Matsunami H, Takayama T. Evaluation of hepatic venous congestion: proposed indication criteria for hepatic vein reconstruction. Ann Surg. 2002 Aug;236(2):241-7. doi: 10.1097/00000658-200208000-00013.
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Other Study ID Numbers
- CV-HV
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