Table 1 Reported cases of surgical management of liver recurrence for esophageal cancer

Liu et al. 2016

14.15 ± 9.68^†

26

1

2 left hemihepatectomies, 2 left lateral lobectomies, 2 right hemihepatectomies, 1 right anterior lobectomy, 19 non-anatomical hepatectomies

1- and 2-year cumulative survival rates of 50.8 and 21.2%, respectively

Hiyoshi et al 2015

12.2

1

N/S^‡ (solitary or occurred in a localized field)

Partial hepatectomy

23.1 months

Huddy et al. 2015

34.5 (19–55)^§

4

1–3

Resection segments 2 and 3, resection segment 5, right hemihepatectomy and extension to segment 4A, central hepatectomy with extension to segment 6

10 months, 21 months, 22 months alive, 92 months alive

Tada et al. 2015 (published in Japanese)

6

1

1

Right hepatic lobectomy

10 months alive

Blom et al. 2013

72

1

1

Hemihepatectomy

N/S^‡

Iitaka et al. 2013

12

1

1

Partial metastasectomy

N/S^‡

Ichida et al. 2012

6 (0–14) ^§

5

1–3

N/S^‡

13 months (2–70)^§

Ikebe et al. 2012 (published in Japanese)

10

1

N/S^‡

N/S^‡

4 years alive

Tokairin et al. 2009 (published in Japanese)

19

1

1

S8-semi-segmental lobectomy, followed by right hepatic lobectomy and lymphadenectomy

N/S^‡

Adam et al. 2006

N/S^‡

45

N/S^‡

N/S^‡

16 months for esophageal primaries and 14 months for primaries of the gastroesophageal junction^§

Nagano et al. 2001 (published in Japanese)

15

1

Multiple

N/S^‡

2 years and 3 months alive