Is Surgical Treatment of Liver Hemangiomas Effective for Pain Relief
E.G. Dumlu, O. Abbasoglu, E. HamalogluOriginal article, no. 5, 2014
Background: Traditional treatment for liver hemangiomas issurgery. Currently, it is controversial whether hemangiomasurgeries are sufficiently beneficial for the patients. In thisstudy, we evaluated the effectiveness of surgery in patientswith liver hemangiomas.
Methods: Forty-two patients who underwent surgical operationsfor hepatic hemangiomas were retrospectively evaluated andinterviewed.
Results: Study population included 36 female and 6 malepatients whose ages ranged between 26 and 65 years (meanage, 47.8 +-8.7 years). Their mean duration of hospitalizationwas 6 days (range, 3 - 59 days). The median time since surgerywas 50 months (range 0-120 months). There was a statistically significant decrease in numerical rating and adjective ratingpain scale scores (p 0.05). Postoperatively, pain did not ceasein 10 patients (peptic ulcers requiring medical treatment infour patients, cholelithiasis in four patients, and nephrolithiasisin two patients).
Conclusion: Patients with cavernous hemangiomas of the liverwho require surgical treatment have significant benefits interms of pain relief following surgery. The lack of pain reliefafter the surgery in some patients may be related to concomitantmedical problems other than the hemangioma.
Methods: Forty-two patients who underwent surgical operationsfor hepatic hemangiomas were retrospectively evaluated andinterviewed.
Results: Study population included 36 female and 6 malepatients whose ages ranged between 26 and 65 years (meanage, 47.8 +-8.7 years). Their mean duration of hospitalizationwas 6 days (range, 3 - 59 days). The median time since surgerywas 50 months (range 0-120 months). There was a statistically significant decrease in numerical rating and adjective ratingpain scale scores (p 0.05). Postoperatively, pain did not ceasein 10 patients (peptic ulcers requiring medical treatment infour patients, cholelithiasis in four patients, and nephrolithiasisin two patients).
Conclusion: Patients with cavernous hemangiomas of the liverwho require surgical treatment have significant benefits interms of pain relief following surgery. The lack of pain reliefafter the surgery in some patients may be related to concomitantmedical problems other than the hemangioma.
