Open AccessHepatectomy With Portal Vein Resection for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Author(s) -
Tomoki Ebata,
Masato Nagino,
Junichi Kamiya,
Katsuhiko Uesaka,
Tetsuro Nagasaka,
Yuji Nimura
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000094437.68038.a3
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatectomy , portal vein , vein , right gastric vein , radiology , surgery , resection , gastroenterology , portal venous pressure , portal hypertension , cirrhosis
To better determine the role of portal vein resection and its effect on survival, as well as to appreciate the impact of portal vein invasion on prognosis in hilar cholangiocarcinoma.