Surgical treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: outcomes and predictive factors
Ellis M, Cassera M, Vetto J, Orloff S, Hansen P, Billingsley K. Surgical treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: outcomes and predictive factors. Hepato Pancreato Biliary 2010, 13: 59-63. PMID: 21159105, PMCID: PMC3019543, DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00242.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survival rateIntrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaR0 resectionSurgical treatmentR1/R2 resectionResectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaPostoperative liver failureMainstay of treatmentOptimal patient selectionPostoperative complication rateKaplan-Meier methodCox hazard modelPreoperative hypoalbuminaemiaReplete patientsR2 resectionSurgical mortalityComplication rateSurgical resectionSurgical therapyWorse survivalClinicopathologic characteristicsLiver failureOperative detailsPrognostic factorsRecurrence outcomes