Are alpha-fetoprotein and tumour size associated with microvascular invasion in explanted livers of patients undergoing transplantation with hepatocellular carcinoma?
MVI greatly increases the risk of recurrence and death after LT for HCC, and is strongly associated with tumour size and AFP > 100.
Biomechanically, the single-screw plate system is equivalent to a two-screw dual-rod and a two-screw plate system. All three systems performed similarly in stabilizing the spine after one- or two-level corpectomies.