Proximal Bile Duct Cancer

Experience With Radical Resection in The Management of Proximal Bile Duct Cancer

Multiple surgical and nonsurgical approaches have been advocated for the treatment of proximal bile duct cancer. However, survival appears longest when a resection can be performed. Fifteen patients treated at a university center were managed with an aggressive surgical approach. Resection of the tumor was performed in 13 of 15 patients (87%). Of the patients undergoing resection, major hepatic...

Pancreatoduodenectomy for bile duct and ampullary cancer

Pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy has become a standard operation for distal and middle bile duct cancers. Bile duct cancer typically extends longitudinally and invades vertically. It frequently metastasizes to the lymph nodes and infiltrates the perineural spaces. The presence of residual cancer in the bile duct stump and lymph node metastases are significant prognostic factors. Negativ...

Does Sphincteroplasty Predispose to Bile Duct Cancer?

Hakamada, K., Sasaki, M., Endoh, M., Itoh, T., Morita, T. and Konn, M. (1998) Late development of bile duct cancer after sphincteroplasty: A tento twenty-two-year follow-up study. Surgery; 121, 488-492. Background: Transduodenal sphincteroplasty is designed to destroy the sphincteric muscle fibers, producing a terminal choledochoduodenostomy. In the absence of Oddi’s sphincter, intestinal conte...

Management of Bile Duct Problems Treatment Overview Bile Duct Obstruction

Bile duct tumors.

Bile duct tumors are benign or malignant lesions which may be associated to risk factors or potentially malignant lesions. They constitute an heterogenous entities group with a different biological behavior and prognosis according to location and growth pattern. We revise the role of the radiologist in order to detect, characterize and stage these tumors, specially the importance of their class...