Symptoms include bilateral leg edema and a number of others. Some of the other common symptoms are fatigue, lethargy, cold intolerance, weight gain, depression, slow speech, forgetfulness, constipation and coarse skin. Blood clots can get lodged in the deep veins of the legs or pelvis.
What are the results (survival and recurrence) of liver resection? For HCC patients whose tumors are successfully resected, the five-year survival is about 10% to 60%, depending on the tumor size. This means that 10% to 60 % of patients who actually undergo liver resection for liver cancer are expected to live five years.
A liver resection is an operation to remove part of the liver. When the right side of the liver is removed the gall bladder, which is attached to the liver, is also removed. This operation is normally performed for cancer of the liver and requires major surgery which can take up to 10 hours. How long will it take for me to recover? You can expect to be in hospital for around 7 - 10 days and sometimes longer. It normally takes up to 3 months until you are back to your normal activities. Will I have a wound?