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Table 1 Radical resection procedures for 135 patients with gallbladder cancer

From: Assessment of lymph node status in gallbladder cancer: location, number, or ratio of positive nodes

Procedure

Number of patients

Extended cholecystectomy

 

C + WR + BD + N*

53

C + WR + N

23

C† + N

11

C† + BD + N

6

More extensive resection

 

C + ERH + BD + N

14

C + Central hepatectomy‡ + BD + N

3

C + ELH + BD + N

1

C + Right trisectionectomy + BD + N

1

C + WR + PD + N

15

C + ERH + PD + N

6

C + ERH + PPPD + N

2

  1. *Designated as ‘extended’ radical cholecystectomy at our department since 1982[11, 13, 14].
  2. †Cholecystectomy with full-thickness dissection: cholecystectomy combined with removal of the cystic plate.
  3. ‡Defined as removal of Couinaud segments IV, V, and VIII.
  4. C, cholecystectomy; WR, wedge resection of the gallbladder fossa; BD, resection of the extrahepatic bile duct; N, regional lymphadenectomy; ERH, extended right hepatectomy (right hepatectomy extended to an inferior portion of Couinaud segment 4); ELH, extended left hepatectomy (left hepatectomy extended to an inferior portion of right anterior section); PD, Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy; PPPD, pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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