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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2444-054X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía y cirujanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2444-054X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2444-054X2022000500579</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/ciru.22000041</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Impact and outcomes of liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with clinically significant portal hypertension]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Impacto y resultados de la resección hepática por carcinoma hepatocelular en los pacientes con hipertensión portal clínicamente significativa]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cortese]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tellado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José M.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón de Madrid Department of General and Digestive Surgery ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Complutense de Madrid Faculty of Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Madrid ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>90</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>579</fpage>
<lpage>587</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2444-054X2022000500579&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2444-054X2022000500579&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2444-054X2022000500579&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Purpose: Clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH), although not a contraindication for liver resection in cirrhosis, is considered a determinant prognostic factor for post-surgical outcomes. This study aims to investigate the effects of CSPH on short and long-term results after hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).  Methods: Single-center retrospective analysis of 126 consecutive hepatic resections for HCC in Child-Pugh A patients, performed between 2008 and 2018. Patients were divided according to the presence of CSPH, defined as a hepatic venous pressure gradient &#8805; 10 mmHg. To overcome selection bias, 42 patients with CSPH were matched through propensity score with 42 patients without CSPH. Intraoperative and post-operative outcomes, along with overall and disease-free survival, were compared between the matched groups.  Results: Liver decompensation was four-fold in the CSPH group (28.6% vs. 7.1%, p = 0.010), while rate of severe complications, including 90-days mortality, was not statistically different between patients with and without CSPH. Overall and recurrence-free survival was not inferior in patients with CSPH compared to non-CSPH group.  Conclusions: The present study has demonstrated acceptable outcomes of liver resection for HCC in carefully selected Child-Pugh A cirrhotic patients, even in the presence of elevated portal pressure.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivos: La hipertensión portal clínicamente significativa (HPCS), si bien no representa una contraindicación para la resección hepática en la cirrosis, se considera un factor pronóstico determinante en los resultados posoperatorios. Este estudio se propone de estudiar los efectos de la HPCS en los resultados a corto y largo plazo tras la resección hepática por carcinoma hepatocelular (CHC).  Métodos: Análisis retrospectivo mono-céntrico de 126 resecciones hepáticas por CHC en pacientes Child-Pugh A, realizadas entre el 2008 y el 2018. Los pacientes se han dividido según la presencia de HPCS, definida como gradiente de presión venoso hepático &#8805; 10 mmHg. Para controlar el sesgo de selección, 42 pacientes con HPCS se han apareado con puntaje de propensión con 42 pacientes sin HPCS.  Resultados: La tasa de descompensación hepática fue 4 veces superior en los pacientes con HPCS (28.6% vs. 7.1%, p = 0.010), mientras las complicaciones graves, incluyendo la mortalidad a 90 días, no se mostraron diferentes en los pacientes con y sin HPCS. La supervivencia global y libre de recidiva no fueron inferiores en los pacientes con HPCS comparados.  Conclusiones: El presente estudio ha demostrado resultados aceptables en la resección hepática en pacientes con cirrosis Child-Pugh A cuidadosamente seleccionados, también en presencia de hipertensión portal.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hepatocellular carcinoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Portal hypertension]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hepatic resection]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Liver decompensation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Liver function]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Carcinoma hepatocelular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hipertensión portal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Resección hepática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Descompensación hepática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Función hepática]]></kwd>
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