Surgical treatment of pT2 gallbladder carcinoma: A reevaluation of the therapeutic effect of hepatectomy and extrahepatic bile duct resection based on the long-term outcome

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1366-1373

  Yokomizo, Hiroshi ^a   Yamane, Takaaki ^a   Hirata, Toshihiko ^a   Hifumi, Michio ^a   Kawaguchi, Tetsu ^a   Fukuda, Seiji ^a  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extrahepatic bile duct resection; Gallbladder carcinoma; Hepatectomy; Lymph node dissection; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047194340     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9219-1     Document Type: Article

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