Poupard M y col. ALPPS en cáncer colorrectal sincrónico en ꢁempos de COVID-19 . Rev Argent Cir. 2024;116(1):75-80
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the only treatment feasible. The first stage of the
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FIGURA 2
procedure was performed through a convenꢀonal
approach via a right subcostal incision with extension
to the subxiphoid region. Aꢄer dissecꢀng the hepaꢀc
ligaments, the intraoperaꢀve ultrasound did not show
lesion in liver segments III, II and I. The gallbladder was
resected, the liver pedicle was dissected, and the right
portal vein was ligated. The line of demarcaꢀon was
idenꢀfied unꢀl reaching the Cantlie’s line. Parenchymal
hepaꢀc transecꢀon was performed along the right
side of the falciform ligament using ultrasonic surgical
aspirator unꢀl the vena cava was visualized. Blood loss of
5
00 mL occurred during parenchymal transecꢀon. The
portally deprived liver lobe was covered with a sterile
plasꢀc bag. The paꢀent stayed 24 hours in the intensive
care unit (ICU) and was discharged on postoperaꢀve
day 3. The future liver remnant was evaluated on
postoperaꢀve day 10 by CT volumetry. The residual
Second stage of ALPPS
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liver volume (RLV) was 350 cm and the preoperaꢀve
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volume was 210 cm , corresponding to an increase of monitoring, it was difficult to perform tests due to
the RLV from 19% to 31.3% of the total liver volume travel restricꢀons, staff shortage caused by contagion,
(
TLV). The second stage of the ALPPS procedure was paꢀents’ fear of visiꢀng health faciliꢀes, and the
carried out on postoperaꢀve day 13. The right pedicle unavailability of positron emission tomography (PET)
was individualized, the right and middle hepaꢀc veins in the province while the paꢀent was being evaluated.
were divided using 60-mm linear staplers with white
As cancer paꢀents are almost twice as likely
cartridge, and trisecꢀonectomy was completed (Fig. to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 and have more
). Intraoperaꢀve blood loss was 1000 mL. During her chance of more severe events compared to non-
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stay in the ICU, the paꢀent evolved with biliary leak on cancer paꢀents (39% versus 8%, respecꢀvely; p =
postoperaꢀve day 3 with drainage of 200 ml of bile per 0.0003), it may be advisable to consider intenꢀonal
day through the drain tube placed near the transecꢀon postponing of adjuvant chemotherapy or elecꢀve
site. On postoperaꢀve day 5, pneumonia was diagnosed. surgery for stable cancer in endemic areas during
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Blood cultures were posiꢀve for Klebsiella pneumoniae
a
pandemic . El-Boghdadly et al. reported that
and the corresponding anꢀbioꢀc therapy was started. surgery performed within 7 weeks aꢄer COVID-19
The paꢀent was discharged on postoperaꢀve day 15.
infecꢀon was associated with increased morbidity
On posoperaꢀve day 27, the paꢀent developed and mortality. Therefore, they proposed that elecꢀve
lower extremity edema associated with dyspnea, surgery should not be performed during this period
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coughing, fever and drainage of 80 mL of bile through unless the risk of postponing surgery outweighs it .
the abdominal drain tube. The nasopharyngeal swab
Surgical resecꢀon is the only potenꢀally
test was posiꢀve for SARS-CoV-2. The CT scan indicated curaꢀve treatment for paꢀents with synchronous
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bilateral infiltrates consistent with COVID-19, while colorectal liver metastases . Given the decrease in
the Doppler ultrasound of the lower limbs revealed the number of SARS-CoV-2 cases in our environment
bilateral deep venous thrombosis despite receiving in October 2021, surgery was decided based on the
prophylacꢀc treatment that had been iniꢀated 48 epidemiological context and the paꢀent’s oncologic
hours postoperaꢀvely. Treatment was iniꢀated and and clinical status. The rate of postoperaꢀve respiratory
the paꢀent was discharged aꢄer compleꢀng isolaꢀon. events was greater than expected, including reinfecꢀon
Percutaneous drainage was performed to address and hospital readmission due to COVID-19. Although
the residual abdominal collecꢀon. The drains were the paꢀent was receiving deep venous thrombosis
removed three months aꢄer the operaꢀon.
prophylaxis, we aꢅributed the thromboꢀc event to the
The pathology examinaꢀon reported the high Caprini score.
presence of mulꢀple liver metastases of well-
In this paper we report the case of a surgical
differenꢀated colorectal adenocarcinoma and clear approach using the classical ALPPS technique
margin.
during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in a paꢀent with
During the first and second waves of the SARS- synchronous metastasis of colorectal cancer who had
CoV-2 pandemic, the healthcare system focused almost parꢀally responded to chemotherapy. The procedure
exclusively on managing the pandemic. This resulted in was performed by specialists in hepatobiliary and
challenges for monitoring cancer paꢀents within the pancreaꢀc surgery and was the first of its kind described
provincial healthcare system. In our case, during cancer in northeastern Argenꢀna.