Surgical management of intrahepatic and hilar cholangiocarcinoma: liver resection versus liver transplantation

Surgical management of hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver resection and liver transplantation.

Although remarkable progress has been made in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma HCC, local control is still the most important consideration. Liver resection is and will continue to be the first-line therapeutic modality for local control of a primary HCC, including cases with intrahepatic metastases. For a large HCC, or multiple HCCs with vascular invasion, aggressive liver resection m...

Surgical management of hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

OBJECTIVE To assess the surgical management of hilar cholangiocarcinoma over a time period when liver resection was considered standard management. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Hilar cholangiocarcinoma remains a difficult challenge for surgeons. An advance in surgical treatment is the addition of liver resection to the procedure. However, liver resection in the setting of liver dysfunction caused ...

Liver: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Liver resections for hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

Hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC) is a rare tumor which has to be distinguished by intrahepatic cholagiocarcinoma invading hepatic hilum because the former has better prognosis then the latter. Patients with HC are difficult to manage because many challenging issues remain in the treatment of this tumour regarding correct diagnosis and therapeutic strategy. HC is resectable in about 30% of cases, b...

Resection of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

OBJECTIVE Morbidity and mortality involved in the resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma were reviewed retrospectively. The clinicopathologic and laboratory parameters that might influence the patient's survival also were re-evaluated. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Although much progress has been made in the diagnosis and management of hilar cholangiocarcinoma, long-term outlook for most patients re...