Short-term results of preoperative chemoembolization of hepatic artery in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma caused by cirrhosis

Short-term treatment results were analyzed in 12 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma caused by hepatic cirrhosis. The patients underwent chemoembolization of hepatic artery involved by the tumor 2-3 weeks before the liver resection. Chemoembolization in preoperative period allows the tumor volume to be reduced, physiological regeneration of hepatocytes in unaffected lobe to be stimulated and functional parameters of the liver to be improved influencing no on short-term surgical results