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2. The 'Unsigned highway': An alternative route for portal vein anastomosis for non-malignant portal vein thrombosis during pediatric re-transplantation.
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Chan ACY, Dai WC, Chung PHY, She WH, and Sin SL
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- Anastomosis, Surgical, Child, Humans, Portal Vein diagnostic imaging, Portal Vein surgery, Liver Diseases, Venous Thrombosis diagnostic imaging, Venous Thrombosis etiology, Venous Thrombosis surgery
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- 2021
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3. Survival analysis of breast cancer liver metastasis treated by hepatectomy: A propensity score analysis for Chinese women in Hong Kong.
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Cheung TT, Chok KS, Chan AC, Tsang SH, Dai WC, Yau TC, Kwong A, and Lo CM
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, China ethnology, Colorectal Neoplasms mortality, Female, Hepatectomy, Hong Kong epidemiology, Humans, Liver Neoplasms secondary, Middle Aged, Propensity Score, Retrospective Studies, Survival Rate, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms mortality, Colorectal Neoplasms pathology, Liver Neoplasms mortality, Liver Neoplasms surgery, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms pathology
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Background: Survival of patients with breast cancer liver metastasis is very poor. This study aimed to analyze the survival outcome of hepatectomy for this patient population., Methods: From January 1995 to December 2014, 2522 patients with liver cancer received hepatectomy at our hospital. Twenty-one of them, all female, received the operation for breast cancer liver metastasis. Performance was compared with patients with colorectal liver metastasis treated with hepatectomy after propensity score analysis in a ratio of 1:3., Results: Twenty-one patients received hepatectomy for breast cancer. After propensity score matching, 63 patients who had hepatectomy for colorectal cancer were selected for comparison. There was no significant difference in immediate or short-term outcomes between the two groups of patients in terms of operative time, blood loss and surgical morbidities. All patients with breast cancer had R0 resection. No hospital death occurred. After hepatectomy, the 1-, 3- and 5-year overall survival rates were 100.0%, 58.9% and 58.9% respectively in patients with breast cancer. The 1-, 3- and 5-year overall survival rates were 95.0%, 57.2% and 39.7% respectively in patients with colorectal cancer (P = 0.572). On multivariate analysis, triple negative status was the only independent poor prognostic factor in breast cancer liver metastasis (OR = 6.411; 95% CI: 1.351-30.435; P = 0.019)., Conclusions: Hepatectomy is a safe and effective way of treating breast cancer liver metastasis at experienced centers where multidisciplinary adjuvant treatments are available. It can be considered more frequently as part of the multidisciplinary care for this patient population., (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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- 2019
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4. Donor ductal anomaly is not a contraindication to right liver lobe donation.
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Chok KS, Fung JY, Dai WC, Sin SL, Ma KW, Chan AC, Cheung TT, and Lo CM
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Bile Ducts diagnostic imaging, Child, Cholestasis etiology, Contraindications, Procedure, Female, Graft Survival, Humans, Liver Transplantation adverse effects, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Bile Ducts abnormalities, Donor Selection, Liver Transplantation methods, Living Donors
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Background: Data of living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) suggested that donor ductal anomaly may contribute to postoperative biliary complications in recipients and in donors. This retrospective study aimed to determine if the occurrence of postoperative biliary stricture in donors or recipients in right-lobe LDLT (RLDLT) is related to donor biliary anatomy type., Methods: We analyzed our RLDLT recipients' clinical data and those of their graft donors. The recipients were divided into 2 groups: with and without postoperative biliary stricture. The 2 groups were compared. The primary endpoints were donor biliary anatomy type and postoperative biliary complication incidence; the secondary endpoints were 1-, 3- and 5-year graft and patient survival rates., Results: Totally 127 patients were included in the study; 25 (19.7%) of them developed biliary anastomotic stricture. In these 25 patients, 16 had type A biliary anatomy, 3 had type B, 2 had type C, 3 had type D, and 1 had type E. In the 127 donors, 96 (75.6%) had type A biliary anatomy, 13 (10.2%) had type B, 6 (4.7%) had type C, 10 (7.9%) had type D, and 2 (1.6%) had type E. Biliary stricture was seen in 2 donors, who had type A biliary anatomy. None of the recipients or donors developed bile leakage. No association between the occurrence of postoperative biliary stricture and donor biliary anatomy type was found (P = 0.527)., Conclusions: The incidence of biliary stricture in donors or recipients after RLDLT was not related to donor biliary anatomy type. As postoperative complications were similar in whatever type of donor bile duct anatomy, donor ductal anomaly should not be considered a contraindication to donation of right liver lobe., (Copyright © 2019 First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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5. Emergency ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplant for patients with ultrahigh MELD scores.
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Chu KK, Chok KS, Fung JY, Chan AC, Dai WC, and Lo CM
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- Emergencies, End Stage Liver Disease complications, Hepatorenal Syndrome etiology, Humans, Immunoglobulin G blood, Immunoglobulin M blood, Living Donors, Male, Middle Aged, Sepsis complications, Severity of Illness Index, ABO Blood-Group System, End Stage Liver Disease blood, End Stage Liver Disease surgery, Liver Transplantation methods
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- 2019
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6. Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy for advanced hepatobiliary malignancies: a single-center experience.
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Dai WC, Chok KS, Cheung TT, Chan AC, Chan SC, and Lo CM
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- Adult, Aged, Disease-Free Survival, Female, Hepatectomy adverse effects, Hepatectomy mortality, Hong Kong, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Liver Neoplasms mortality, Liver Neoplasms pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Pancreaticoduodenectomy adverse effects, Pancreaticoduodenectomy mortality, Postoperative Complications etiology, Postoperative Complications mortality, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Hepatectomy methods, Liver Neoplasms surgery, Pancreaticoduodenectomy methods
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Background: Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy is a complicated and challenging procedure but necessary for curative resection for advanced hepatobiliary malignancies. This retrospective study was to examine the safety and survival outcomes of hepatopancreatoduodenectomy in our center., Methods: Prospectively collected data of 12 patients who underwent hepatopancreatoduodenectomy for advanced hepatobiliary malignancies in our hospital from January 1998 to December 2014 were analyzed. The primary endpoints are treatment-related morbidity and mortality and the secondary endpoints are overall survival and disease-free survival., Results: Curative resection was achieved in 11 (91.7%) patients. Complications developed in 10 (83.3%) patients. Three hospital deaths resulted from multiorgan failure secondary to postoperative pancreatic fistula or hepaticojejunostomy leakage. Six of the nine remaining patients had disease recurrence. The nine patients had a median survival of 39.8 (5.3-151.8) months. The 1-, 3- and 5-year overall survival rates were 66.7%, 55.6% and 27.8%, respectively. The corresponding disease-free survival rates were 55.6%, 44.4% and 29.6%, respectively., Conclusions: Morbidity and mortality after hepatopancreatoduodenectomy were significant. With R0 resection, the 5-year overall survival and disease-free survival rates were 27.8% and 29.6%, respectively., (Copyright © 2017 The Editorial Board of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2017
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7. Clinical factors affecting rejection rates in liver transplantation.
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Au KP, Chan SC, Chok KS, Sharr WW, Dai WC, Sin SL, Wong TC, and Lo CM
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- Acute Disease, Adult, Female, Graft Rejection diagnosis, Graft Rejection immunology, Graft Rejection mortality, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents adverse effects, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Odds Ratio, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Graft Rejection prevention & control, Graft Survival drug effects, Immunosuppressive Agents therapeutic use, Liver Transplantation adverse effects, Liver Transplantation mortality
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Background: With improvements in survival, liver transplant recipients now suffer more morbidity from long-term immunosuppression. Considerations were given to develop individualized immunosuppression based on their risk of rejection., Method: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 788 liver transplants performed during the period from October 1991 to December 2011 to study the relationship between acute cellular rejection (ACR) and various clinical factors., Results: Multivariate analysis showed that older age (P=0.04, OR=0.982), chronic hepatitis B virus infection (P=0.005, OR= 0.574), living donor liver transplantation (P=0.02, OR=0.648) and use of interleukin-2 receptor antagonist on induction (P<0.001, OR=0.401) were associated with fewer ACRs. Patients with fulminant liver failure (P=0.004, OR=4.05) were more likely to develop moderate to severe grade ACR., Conclusions: Liver transplant recipients with older age, chronic hepatitis B virus infection, living donor liver transplantation and use of interleukin-2 receptor antagonist on induction have fewer ACR. Patients transplanted for fulminant liver failure are at higher risk of moderate to severe grade ACR. These results provide theoretical framework for developing individualized immunosuppression.
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- 2015
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8. Samaritan donor interchange in living donor liver transplantation.
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Chan SC, Chok KSh, Sharr WW, Chan AC, Tsang SH, Dai WC, and Lo CM
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- ABO Blood-Group System immunology, Blood Group Incompatibility immunology, Female, Histocompatibility immunology, Humans, Liver surgery, Male, Middle Aged, Treatment Outcome, Hepatitis B surgery, Liver Cirrhosis surgery, Liver Transplantation methods, Living Donors, Spouses psychology
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Background: In order to overcome ABO blood group incompatibility, paired donor interchange has been practised in living donor liver transplantation. Liver transplantations using grafts donated by Samaritan living donors have been performed in Europe, North America, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Such practice is clearly on strong biological grounds although social and psychological implications could be far-reaching. Local experience has been satisfactory but is still limited. As few centers have this arrangement, its safety and viability are still being assessed under a clinical trial setting., Methods: Here we report a donor interchange involving an ABO-compatible pair with a universal donor and an ABO-incompatible pair with a universal recipient. This matching was not only a variation but also an extension of the donor interchange scheme., Results: The four operations (two donor hepatectomies and two recipient operations) were successful. All the two donors and the two recipients recovered well. Such donor interchange further supports the altruistic principle of organ donation in contrast to exchange for a gain., Conclusions: Samaritan donor interchange certainly taxes further the ethical challenge of donor interchange. Although this practice has obvious biological advantages, such advantages have to be weighed against the potential increase in potential psychological risks to the subjects in the interchange. Further ethical and clinical evaluations of local and overseas experiences of donor interchange should guide future clinical practice in utilizing this potential organ source for transplantation.
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- 2014
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9. The impact of family history of hepatocellular carcinoma on its patients' survival.
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Dai WC, Fan ST, Cheung TT, Chok KS, Chan AC, Tsang SH, Poon RT, and Lo CM
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- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular pathology, Early Detection of Cancer, Hepatectomy, Humans, Liver Neoplasms pathology, Medical History Taking, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Survival Rate, Young Adult, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular genetics, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular mortality, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Liver Neoplasms genetics, Liver Neoplasms mortality, Pedigree
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Background: Family history of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been identified as a risk factor for the development of the disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of such a history on HCC patients' survival., Methods: Data of all HCC patients (n=4532) managed at our center from 1989 to 2008 were prospectively collected. The patients were quizzed on their various characteristics including family HCC history., Results: Totally 475 (10.48%) patients had a family history of HCC. They presented the disease at a significantly earlier age (median 53 vs 59 years, P<0.0001) and at an earlier stage (the United Network for Organ Sharing staging system). They had significantly better liver function in terms of Child-Pugh classification and serum albumin and bilirubin levels. Significantly more of them presented the disease without symptoms (44.0% vs 29.4%, P<0.0001). They also had significantly better overall survival under these specifications: patients in the whole study cohort, patients who had minor hepatectomy, patients with stage I disease, patients with stage II disease, and patients with stage III disease., Conclusions: Contrary to what is generally believed, we found in this study cohort that patients with a family history of HCC had better overall survival than those without such a history. We believe this was in part due to earlier diagnosis of the disease and better liver function in this group of patients. However, the effects of genetic factors on the risk of HCC cannot be overlooked and are yet to be identified.
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- 2012
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10. Monday blues of deceased-donor liver transplantation.
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Chan SC, Dai WC, Lo CM, Lam B, Kwan YM, Ho WY, and Fan ST
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- Humans, Time Factors, Liver Transplantation statistics & numerical data, Tissue Donors supply & distribution, Tissue and Organ Procurement statistics & numerical data
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Background: There is a constant and global shortage of deceased-donor organs for transplantation. Ways to identify areas for securing potential deceased-donor organs may improve the supply and hence benefit more patients in need of transplantation., Methods: We looked into the disparity of the number of deceased-donor liver transplantation (DDLT) performed at our hospital on different days of the weeks from January 2000 to the end of December 2009 (237 DDLTs). The number of DDLT performed on each day was compared with the other days of the week., Results: It was apparent that there were fewer DDLTs on Mondays, as shown by the numbers of DDLT performed on different days of the week in an ascending order: Monday 18 (7.6%), Sunday 30 (12.7%), Thursday 34 (14.3%), Friday 36 (15.2%), Wednesday 38 (16.0%), Tuesday 40 (16.9%), and Saturday 41 (17.3%). The difference reached statistical significance when Monday was compared with Tuesday (P=0.019), Wednesday (P=0.010), Friday (P=0.021), and Saturday (P=0.007). It was twice as unlikely a DDLT would be performed on Monday as compared with other days. Such a trend did not change even with an increase in the number of deceased-donor liver grafts in the last year. As consent to donation was obtained from the donor family the day before DDLT, fewer consents were thus obtained on Sundays., Conclusion: These findings suggested that deceased-donor organ donation activities were less active on Sundays and could be improved. This further raises the concern of possible wastage of potential cases of organ donation.
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- 2011
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