To investigate the prognosis due to presence or absence of bile duct resection in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma that require hepatic lobectomy.
The bile duct resection in hepatic lobectomy due to cholangiocarcinoma, mass forming type, is still controversial. We retrospectively evaluated the effect of bile duct resection in this surgery.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine
Osaka, Osaka, Japan
3-year recurrence-free survival rate
Time frame: 11 years (2000-2010)
Ratio of local recurrence at the hepatico-duodenal ligament
Time frame: 11 years
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