Extent of resection in surgical therapy of central bile duct carcinomas
Jonas, S.; Bechstein, W.O.; Kling, N.; Neuhaus, P.
Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie. Kongress 114: 1075-1077
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0942-2854 PMID: 9574337 Document Number: 476119
The introduction of a radical procedure, the extended bile-duct resection, into the surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma significantly increased the rate of curative resections (92% versus 62% after partial hepatic resection; p < 0.05). A comparable effect with respect to survival figures after curative resections did not become evident. Therefore, the true potential of this extended surgical procedure remains to be established.