What are the surgical treatments for liver cancer? 5 surgical treatments for liver cancer

Liver cancer is a common disease in my country. It is usually related to chronic liver disease or bad eating habits. If liver cancer is not treated in the late stage, cancer cells will spread to various tissues through the circulatory system. Usually, surgical treatment is required for the treatment of liver cancer, which can effectively ensure the patient's life safety.

What are the surgical treatments for liver cancer?

1. Surgery for early stage liver cancer

The cure rate of liver cancer in the early stage and early surgical treatment is very high. It only needs to remove a part of the tumor mass of cancer cells to achieve a radical effect. This kind of surgery has the best therapeutic effect and good prognosis, and will not affect the patient's liver function. However, if the liver cancer patient already has liver disease, it is likely to affect the liver's compensatory ability and increase the probability of tumor recurrence.

2. Local excision treatment

Local resection is generally a treatment method for liver cancer in the middle stage, because in the middle stage, the cancer cells are larger, and only by completely removing the cancerous part can it be guaranteed that the remaining normal cells will not be affected. The scope of local resection is much larger than that of early surgical resection, which may affect the compensatory function of the liver and needs to be judged according to the patient's condition.

3. Electrocautery

Electrocautery resection is mainly a method for removing single tiny tumors. It is performed on early-stage patients. However, unlike traditional surgical resection, electrocautery resection can avoid excessive bleeding in patients through electric knife resection, and bleeding can be stopped at the same time of resection.

4. Endoscopic resection

Endoscopic resection is similar to electrocautery resection, and is also a method for resecting tiny tumors. This method can be used when liver cancer is discovered in the early stages, and it can also avoid major trauma to the body, which is beneficial to the patient's later healing. At present, in order to ensure the treatment effect, endoscopes and electrocautery are generally used at the same time, and hemostatic clips are used to stop bleeding after electrocautery resection.

5. Transplantation

A liver transplant is a surgical treatment used when liver cancer has spread throughout the liver and is difficult to control. A liver transplant can completely remove the cancerous liver and then transplant a new liver into the patient.

Surgical resection of liver cancer is the most effective treatment, but the treatment still has certain risks. Not only will it damage liver function, but it will also increase the possibility of cancer recurrence. Even liver transplantation has risks. In addition to preventing cancer recurrence, patients also need to control their own immune response.