Left-side vs. right-side hepatectomy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Goals

We aim to draw a conclusion which type of hepatectomy could be the priority for hilar cholangiocarcinoma patients.

Background

Surgery is established as only potentially curative treatment for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. However, whether hepatectomy should be preferred to the left-side hepatectomy, which includes left hemihepatectomy, extended left hemihepatectomy, and left trisectionectomy, or right-side hepatectomy, which represents right hemihepatectomy, extended right hemihepatectomy, and right trisectionectomy, is debated. In this meta-analysis, we evaluated and compared the efficacy and safety of left-side hepatectomy and right-side hepatectomy in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

Study

We systematically retrieved the MEDLINE, PubMed, and Cochrane libra

SUBMITTER: Wu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8037893 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature