Jing-Jing Wu1, Zhan-Guo Zhang1, Peng Zhu2, Abdoul-Aziz Mba'nbo-Koumpa1, Bi-Xiang Zhang3, Xiao-Ping Chen4, Chang Shu1, Wan-Guang Zhang1, Ren-Jie Feng5, Gan-Xun Li1. 1. Department of Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. 2. Department of Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Electronic address: zhupeng@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn. 3. Department of Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Electronic address: bixiangzhang@163.com. 4. Department of Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Electronic address: chenxpchenxp@163.com. 5. Department of Neurology Center, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/ OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have proposed several objective means for liver function assessment in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients; however, their efficiency in predicting survival of HCC rupture is unknown. Our study aims to confirm which is a better liver function model for ruptured HCC. METHODS: A total of 230 patients with HCC ruptures at our center were included. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses were performed to compare long-term survival and short-term mortality. The 90-day mortality was compared with the area under the receiver characteristic curve. Logistic regression was used to determine the risk factors for 90-day deaths, and the discriminant ability of the model was measured. RESULTS: There were significant differences in predicting OS of the Child-Pugh (CP) score in all patients, the non-surgical subgroup, and the surgical subgroup (all P < 0.0001). But no statistical significance was shown of the ALBI score in the surgical (P = 0.8985) or non-surgical subgroup (P = 0.0634). The CP score yielded a better performance among all patients (AUC = 0.746 vs. 0.712), the surgical subgroup (AUC = 0.558 vs. 0.530), and the non-surgical subgroup (AUC = 0.715 vs. 0.634) compared to ALBI score in predicting ninety-day mortality. A similar result can be found in the subgroup of surgical and non-surgical treatment group. Moreover, the logistic model that included CP or MELD had a better discriminatory ability than ALBI in predicting ninety-day mortality. CONCLUSION: The CP or MELD rather than ALBI score should be used as a liver function classification criterion for HCC rupture. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: NCT03534843 (retrospectively).
BACKGROUND/ OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have proposed several objective means for liver function assessment in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients; however, their efficiency in predicting survival of HCC rupture is unknown. Our study aims to confirm which is a better liver function model for ruptured HCC. METHODS: A total of 230 patients with HCC ruptures at our center were included. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses were performed to compare long-term survival and short-term mortality. The 90-day mortality was compared with the area under the receiver characteristic curve. Logistic regression was used to determine the risk factors for 90-day deaths, and the discriminant ability of the model was measured. RESULTS: There were significant differences in predicting OS of the Child-Pugh (CP) score in all patients, the non-surgical subgroup, and the surgical subgroup (all P < 0.0001). But no statistical significance was shown of the ALBI score in the surgical (P = 0.8985) or non-surgical subgroup (P = 0.0634). The CP score yielded a better performance among all patients (AUC = 0.746 vs. 0.712), the surgical subgroup (AUC = 0.558 vs. 0.530), and the non-surgical subgroup (AUC = 0.715 vs. 0.634) compared to ALBI score in predicting ninety-day mortality. A similar result can be found in the subgroup of surgical and non-surgical treatment group. Moreover, the logistic model that included CP or MELD had a better discriminatory ability than ALBI in predicting ninety-day mortality. CONCLUSION: The CP or MELD rather than ALBI score should be used as a liver function classification criterion for HCC rupture. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: NCT03534843 (retrospectively).