Abstract
Long-term results of both surgery and observation for patients with focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) in a large single-center experience do not exist. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to compare long-term outcomes in patients with FNH who underwent either elective hepatectomy or observation alone. A retrospective single-institution analysis of 185 patients with FNH, treated from 1990 to 2009, was performed. Seventy-eight patients underwent elective hepatectomy and 107 patients observation alone, with a median follow-up period of 113 months. There was no perioperative mortality. Postoperative complications were recorded in 12 patients, and 92% of patients reported symptomatic reductions. Among observation patients, 9 (13%) developed additional symptoms; tumor enlargement was seen in 3 patients (4%). Elective liver resection for FNH is a safe procedure at high-volume centers. This single-center experience showed that 13% of observed patients had protracted symptoms. This justifies the therapeutic algorithm that elective surgery should be considered in symptomatic patients or in those with marked enlargement.
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