Endoscopic Ultrasound for Nodal Staging in Patients with Resectable Cholangiocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Background: Lymph node (LN) involvement is a negative prognostic factor for patients with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Preoperative assessment of the LN could potentially aid therapy decision making. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) can be used to sample suspicious LN. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical impact of EUS for suspicious LN in patients with presumed resectable CCA. Methods: In this single-center cohort study, patients with potentially resectable CCA who underwent preoperative linear EUS between 2019 and 2024 were retrospectively included. The primary aims were the percentage of malignant LN detected and the clinical impact of EUS, which was defined as the percentage of patients who were precluded from surgical exploration due to pathologically confirmed LN

SUBMITTER: de Jong DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12609811 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature