ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the therapeutic effects and comphcations of treatment by using transcatheter arterial chemombolization(TACE) combined with functional splenic embolization(FSE) on patients with primary hepatocelluar carcinoma (HCC) combinded with hypersplenism.Methods Eighty HCC patients with hypersplenism were randomly divided into two groups by computer program.Observation group was treated with TACE and FSE,while control group was treated by only TACE.The iodine oil deposition,blood routine parameters and related complications were observed.Results (1) After one-month' s treatment,abdominal CT scan showed that 38 cases(79.17％) of patients in the observation group and 27 cases (84.38％) of patients in control group had iodine oil deposition in over 50％ of the tumor area.(2) The white blood cell counting in observation group were (7.65 ± 2.3) × 109/L,(5.89 ± 1.9) × 109/L,(5.02 ± 1.7) × 109/L in the follow-up examination 1 week,1month and 3 month after splenic embolization,respectively,which were significantly increased from the preoperative level of (2.21 ± 1.1) × 109/L(P ＜ 0.05).Platelets counting were (93 ± 29)× 109/L,(127 ± 32) × 109/L and (119 ± 26) × 109/L in observation group at 1 week,1 month and 3 month after splenic embolization,respectively,which were significantly higher than the preoperative level of (39 ± 20)× 109/L (P ＜ 0.05).In the control group,there were no statistically significant difference between the preoperative and postoperative levels (P ＞ 0.05).(3) Both of the the two groups showed no serious complications.Conclusion TACE combined with FSE is a safe and an effective method to treat hypersplenism combined in HCC patients.