Abstract
The factors related to residual liver recurrence following hepatic resection were investigated in 40 patients with solitary liver metastasis from colorectal cancer. There is no significant difference in background factors between 14 patients with residual liver recurrence after hepatic resection and 11 patients with no residual liver recurrence after more than one year. The greater the tumor diameter, the more livers were resected. There is no significnt difference in freque ncy of residual liver recurrence after surgery among patients with a tumor diameter of less than 2cm, that of more than 2cm and less than 5cm and that of more than 5cm. Therefore these findings suggest that partial resection is suitable for the choice of the operative procedure because of its satisfactory surgical margin.
