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Pachl M, Lautz TB, Aldrink JH, Abdelhafeez H, Irtan S. Minimally invasive and robotic-assisted approaches applied to pediatric surgical oncology. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2024:e31162. [PMID: 38987997 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.31162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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The management of pediatric tumors is complex, with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy being cornerstones in their treatment. Tumor removal is increasingly performed by a minimally invasive approach, which allows for quicker postoperative recovery and less postoperative pain. The goal of this report is to give an overview of minimally invasive surgical approaches for common pediatric tumors, with a focus on technical considerations and postoperative outcomes.
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- Max Pachl
- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Visceral and Neonatal Pediatric Surgery, Hôpital Armand Trousseau - APHP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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Garcia Moreno IC, Alzate-Ricaurte S, Alzate Gallego ED, Hincapie-Ayala D, Serrano Ardila OJ, Villegas Otalora JI. Case Report: ALPPS hepatectomy, an alternative to liver transplantation in central PRETEXT III hepatoblastomas: a case series. Front Pediatr 2024; 12:1350697. [PMID: 38571702 PMCID: PMC10987810 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1350697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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Introduction Hepatoblastoma is the most common malignant primary liver tumor in the pediatric population, accounting for 67% of cases in the United States. Surgical resection is the only curative treatment option; however, it can be performed in only 10% of patients with primary tumors. The two most common limitations for resection are the need for extensive resections and tumors in central locations. The therapeutic hypertrophy of healthy tissue achieved with ALPPS (Associating Liver Partition and Portal vein ligation for Staged Hepatectomy) enables larger resections and has been successfully employed in the pediatric population in recent years. Objective To present three cases of patients with centrally located PRETEXT II or III hepatoblastomas who underwent ALPPS procedure as a viable therapeutic alternative to liver transplantation. Discussion and results Central PRETEXT III hepatoblastomas are typically indications for liver transplantation. Transplantation offers high five-year survival rates (73%). However, the associated morbidity, healthcare system costs, and limited availability make it necessary to explore alternative options. Series have reported the successful application of the ALPPS procedure in PRETEXT II and PRETEXT III hepatoblastomas in other locations. Therapeutically induced hypertrophy, characterized by an increase in the volume of healthy tissue in unaffected lobes or segments, enabled the resection of previously deemed unresectable lesions. The patients experienced uncomplicated postoperative courses and expected reduction in tumor markers. Chemotherapy selection followed the guidelines outlined in Block C of the SIOPEL IV protocol. Conclusions ALPPS hepatectomy is a viable therapeutic option for patients with centrally located PRETEXT III or II hepatoblastomas.
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- Isabel Cristina Garcia Moreno
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
- School of Medicine, Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
- Centro de Investigaciones Clinicas, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
- School of Medicine, Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia
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Pu J, Li H, Li S, Wang Y, Li S, Tang S. Current trends and prospects of surgical techniques for hepatoblastoma. Cancer Med 2024; 13:e6795. [PMID: 38180290 PMCID: PMC10807562 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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Hepatoblastoma, a common extracranial malignant solid tumor in childhood, is often detected at an advanced stage and is difficult to treat surgically. Despite the availability of multiple comprehensive treatments that can be combined with surgery, hepatoblastoma treatment outcomes remain poor. Surgery is the main treatment strategy for hepatoblastoma, but it faces many challenges, including tumor attachment to surrounding tissues, tumor wrapping or invading of vital organs and tissues, the presence of giant or multiple tumors, distant metastasis, the formation of a tumor thrombus, and significant surgical trauma. In this review, we discuss recent research advances and propose potential strategies for overcoming these challenges. Such strategies may improve the rate of hepatoblastoma resection and local control in children, as well as reduce complications and trauma.
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- Jia‐rui Pu
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhanChina
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhanChina
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhanChina
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhanChina
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhanChina
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhanChina
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Gang S, Ha S, Kwon H, Park J, Namgoong JM. Case report: Portal vein ligation: lessons from patients with PRETEXT III hepatoblastoma in restoring future liver remnant before major hepatectomy and literature review. Front Surg 2023; 10:1152901. [PMID: 37405062 PMCID: PMC10315569 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1152901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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Background We describe three cases involving three patients with PRETEXT III hepatoblastoma invading the hepatic hilum. After portal vein embolization, the patients underwent uncomplicated trisectionectomy. Methods Medical records between March 2016 and March 2021 were reviewed, and three patients were selected. A literature review of techniques for increasing future liver remnant in children diagnosed with hepatoblastoma was also conducted. Results All tumors involved the right lobe and hepatic hilum (PRETEXT III). After neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the tumor size decreased, but hilar involvement was unimproved. Right portal vein ligation (RPVL) was performed to increase the left lobe volume. Post-ligation, the remnant liver increased. Liver function was restored to normal levels within 5 days after the hepatectomy. All patients underwent two cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy without tumor recurrence. Conclusions RPVL can be safely performed before extended hepatic resection in children with a giant hepatoblastoma invading the hepatic hilum. The tumor was completely resected by securing a sufficient margin and increasing the residual liver volume with portal vein embolization. The patients recovered and underwent adjuvant chemotherapy without the deterioration of liver function.
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Honda M, Uchida K, Irie T, Hirukawa K, Kadohisa M, Shimata K, Isono K, Shimojima N, Sugawara Y, Hibi T. Recent advances in surgical strategies and liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma. Cancer Med 2023; 12:3909-3918. [PMID: 36394165 PMCID: PMC9972171 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.5300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most common malignant liver tumor in children. Although the development of treatment strategies with advances in chemotherapy has greatly improved the prognosis of HB, surgical resection and liver transplantation still play a vital role in the treatment of HB. In recent years, technological innovations have led to the development of new surgical approaches for HB. In this review, we describe the latest research on the surgical management of HB, including new imaging technologies, minimally invasive approaches, and the application of associating liver partition portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy. We also discuss the current role of liver transplantation, use of ante-situm or ex-situ liver resection with auto-transplantation, and management of metastatic HB.
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- Masaki Honda
- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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Fuchs J, Murtha-Lemekhova A, Rabaux-Eygasier L, Kessler M, Ruping F, Günther P, Hoffmann K. Evidence on Indications and Techniques to Increase the Future Liver Remnant in Children Undergoing Extended Hepatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data. Front Pediatr 2022; 10:915642. [PMID: 35712634 PMCID: PMC9197416 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.915642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Techniques to increase the future liver remnant (FLR) have fundamentally changed the indications and criteria of resectability in adult liver surgery. In pediatric patients however, these procedures have rarely been applied and the potential benefit or harm as well as suited indications are unclear. METHODS A systematic literature search of MEDLINE, Web of Science, and CENTRAL was conducted. Based on a PRISMA-compliant, predefined methodology, all studies reporting pediatric patients (< 18y) undergoing liver resection with either associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for stages hepatectomy (ALPPS) or preoperative portal vein embolization or ligation (PVE/PVL) were included. Baseline data, periinterventional morbidity, increase of FLR and outcomes were analyzed. RESULTS 15 studies reporting on 21 pediatric patients with a mean age of 4 years and 7 months (range 1.8 months - 17 years) were included. 12 ALPPS procedures, 8 PVE and 1 PVL were performed. The applied criteria for performing ALPPS or PVE were heterogenous and thresholds for minimally acceptable FLR varied. Mean FLR [% of total liver volume] before the intervention was 23.6% (range 15.0 - 39.3%) in the ALPPS group and 31.4% (range 21.5 - 56.0%) in the PVE group. Mean increase of FLR before stage 2 resection was 69.4% (range 19.0 - 103.8%) for ALPPS and 62.8% (range 25.0 - 108.0%) after PVE. No postoperative death occurred, one early intrahepatic recurrence after an ALPPS procedure was reported. Overall postoperative morbidity was 23.8%. CONCLUSION Validated criteria for minimal FLR in pediatric liver resection are lacking and so are clear indications for ALPPS or PVE. In special cases, ALPPS and PVE can be valuable techniques to achieve complete resection of pediatric liver tumors. However, more data are needed, and future studies should focus on a definition and validation of posthepatectomy liver failure as well as the minimally needed FLR in pediatric patients undergoing extended hepatectomy. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION [www.clinicaltrials.gov], identifier [PROSPERO 2021 CRD42021274848].
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- Juri Fuchs
- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Generating Evidence for Diagnosis and Therapy of RarE LIVEr Disease: The RELIVE Initiative for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Generating Evidence for Diagnosis and Therapy of RarE LIVEr Disease: The RELIVE Initiative for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hôpital Kremlin Bicêtre, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Generating Evidence for Diagnosis and Therapy of RarE LIVEr Disease: The RELIVE Initiative for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Generating Evidence for Diagnosis and Therapy of RarE LIVEr Disease: The RELIVE Initiative for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Generating Evidence for Diagnosis and Therapy of RarE LIVEr Disease: The RELIVE Initiative for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Generating Evidence for Diagnosis and Therapy of RarE LIVEr Disease: The RELIVE Initiative for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Chen Z, Dong R. Advances in the conventional clinical treatment for hepatoblastoma and therapeutic innovation. WORLD JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY 2021; 4:e000220. [DOI: 10.1136/wjps-2020-000220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BackgroundHepatoblastoma (HB) is a rare malignancy usually occurring in children under 3 years old. With advancements in surgical techniques and molecular biology, new treatments have been developed.Data resourcesThe recent literatures on new treatments, molecular mechanisms and clinical trials for HB were searched and reviewed.ResultsSurgical resection remains the main option for treatment of HB. Although complete resection is recommended, a resection with microscopical positive margins (R1) may have similar 5-year overall survival and 5-year event-free survival (EFS) rates after cisplatin chemotherapy and the control of metastasis, as only once described so far. Indocyanine green-guided surgery can help achieve precise resection. Additionally, associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy can rapidly increase future liver remnant volume compared with portal vein ligation or embolization. Cisplatin-containing chemotherapies slightly differ among the guidelines from the International Childhood Liver Tumors Strategy Group (SIOPEL), Children’s Oncology Group (COG) and Chinese Anti-Cancer Association Pediatric Committee (CCCG), and the 3-year EFS rate of patients in SIOPEL and CCCG studies was recently shown to be higher than that in COG studies. Liver transplantation is an option for patients with unresectable HB, and successful cases of autologous liver transplantation have been reported. In addition, effective inhibitors of important targets, such as the mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) inhibitor rapamycin, β-catenin inhibitor celecoxib and EpCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule) inhibitor catumaxomab, have been demonstrated to reduce the activity of HB cells and to control metastasis in experimental research and clinical trials.ConclusionThese advances in surgical and medical treatment provide better outcomes for children with HB, and identifying novel targets may lead to the development of future targeted therapies and immunotherapies.
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Wildhaber BE, Terraz S. Portal vein embolization in children: As good as ALPPS. Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2021; 25:313-314. [PMID: 34053938 PMCID: PMC8180404 DOI: 10.14701/ahbps.2021.25.2.313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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- Unit of Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiology, Department of Diagnostics, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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