Dario Ribero, Antonio Daniele Pinna, Alfredo Guglielmi, Antonio Ponti, Gennaro Nuzzo, Stefano Maria Giulini, Luca Aldrighetti, Fulvio Calise, Giorgio Enrico Gerunda, Mariano Tomatis, Marco Amisano, Pasquale Berloco, Guido Torzilli, Lorenzo Capussotti
OBJECTIVES To examine the outcomes of a hepatectomy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHC) and to clarify the prognostic impact of a lymphadenectomy and the surgical margin. Large series of patients who were surgically treated for IHC are scarce. Thus, prognostic factors and long-term survival after resection of IHC remain uncertain. DESIGN Prospective study of patients who were surgically treated for IHC. Clinicopathologic, operative, and long-term survival data were analyzed. SETTING Prospectively collected data of all consecutive patients with pathologically confirmed IHC who had undergone liver resection with a curative intent at 1 of 16 tertiary referral centers were entered into a multi-institutional registry...
December 2012: Archives of Surgery