Major hepatectomy with combined vascular resection for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Hepatectomy with vascular resection (VR) for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PHCC) is a challenging procedure. However, only a few reports on this procedure have been published and its clinical significance has not been fully evaluated. Patients undergoing surgical resection for PHCC from 2002-2017 were studied. The surgical outcomes of VR and non-VR groups were compared. Some 238 patients were included. VR was performed in 85 patients. The resected vessels were hepatic artery alone (31 patients), portal vein alone (37 patients) or both (17 patients). The morbidity rates were almost the same in the VR (49.4 per cent) and non-VR (43.8 per cent) groups (P = 0.404). The mortality rates of VR (3.5 per cent) and non-VR (3.3 per cent) were also comparable (P > 0.999). The median survival time (MST

SUBMITTER: Sugiura T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8342931 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature