Open AccessCarcinoma of the middle bile duct: Is bile duct segmentalresection appropriate?
Author(s) -
Hyung Geun Lee,
Sang Hoon Lee,
Dong Do Yoo,
Kwang Yeol Paik,
Jin Seok Heo,
Seong Ho Choi,
Dong Wook Choi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.5966
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , gastroenterology , bile duct , bile duct cancer , carcinoma , bile duct carcinoma , stage (stratigraphy) , lymph node , survival rate , overall survival , retrospective cohort study , surgery , pancreas , biology , paleontology
To compare survival between bile duct segmental resection (BDSR) and pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for treating distal bile duct cancers.