<正> In our hospital

from Jan.1960 to May 1985

28 cases had undergonereoperation.In 17 of these patients

hepatectomy was performed twice orthrice

in 4

extirpation of extrahepatic metastases after curative lobectomyand removal of a giant tumor by a two-stage operation in 7 who had un-dergone hepatic artery ligation or intraoperative embolization as a pretreat-ment to reduce the tumor’s size.Follow-up results:In the entire group

the 1-

3-

S-year survival rates after the first operation were 96.4%

77.8%

and 62.2% respectively

while the 1-3 year survival rate after the secondoperation was 60.8%

55.0% and 44.0% respectively.The preliminary resultsof reoperation are encouraging.The data have also analysed with referenceof indications for surgical reintervention

types of operation

the timingof the second laparotomy for resection of a relatively large tumor

pro-phylactivel measures against tumor recurrence and metastases and evaluationof reoperation.