Salvage hepatectomy for local recurrence of hepatocellular carcinomas offers survival comparable to that of matched patients who undergo primary hepatectomies

Salvage hepatectomy for locally recurrent HCCs is feasible, and results in prognosis comparable with hepatectomy for primary HCCs. Although the risk of postoperative recurrence was high in Subgroup B, rare local recurrence suggests the usefulness of salvaging uncontrolled tumor by nonsurgical treatment.