Role of staging laparoscopy in the stratification of patients with perihilar cholangiocarcinoma
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- 作者：N. Bird ; M. Elmasry ; R. Jones ; M. Elniel ; M. Kelly ; D. Palmer ; S. Fenwick ; G. Poston and H. Malik
- 刊名：British Journal of Surgery
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：March 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：104
- 期：4
- 页码：418-425
- 全文大小：282K
- ISSN：1365-2168
文摘
Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare cancer with a poor prognosis. Radical surgical resection is the only option for curative treatment. Optimal determination of resectability is required so that patients can be stratified into operative or chemotherapeutic treatment cohorts in an accurate and time-efficient manner. Staging laparoscopy is utilized to determine the presence of radiologically occult disease that would preclude further surgical treatment. The aim of this study was to analyse the utility of staging laparoscopy in a contemporary cohort of patients with perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.