Radical surgery for advanced gallbladder carcinoma
- 1 April 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 83 (4), 478-481
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800830413
Abstract
Forty-four patients with advanced gallbladder carcinoma (18 with stage pT3 and 26 with stage pT4 of the Union Internacional Contra la Cancrum classification) were aggressively managed by extended heptatic resection in 33 patients, bile duct resection in 28, pancreaticoduodenectomy in seven, gastrointestinal resection in eleven and portal vein resection and reconstruction in seven. Adjacent organ involvement was classified as follows: type I, hepatic involvement with or without gastrointestinal invasion (Ia, Ib); type II, bile duct involvement with or without gastrointestinal invasion (IIa, IIb); type III, hepatic and bile duct involvement with or without gastrointestinal invasion (IIIa, IIIb); type IV, gastrointestinal involvement without hepatic or bile duct invasion. Fourteen of 15 patients with type I tumours had a curative resection compared with seven of 26 with type III lesions (P < 0·0001). The surgical mortality rate was two of 15 patients with type I tumours, seven of 26 with type III tumours and nine of 44 for the whole group. The long-term survival rate after curative resection was four and two of 23 at 3 and 5 years respectively, significantly better than two and none of 21 at 1 and 2 years after non-curative resection (P < 0·01). The survival rate after curative resection for patients with type I tumours was four and two of 14 at 3 and 5 years respectively, significantly better than for other types (P < 0·05). This classification of advanced gallbladder carcinoma according to involvement of adjacent organs might be helpful in planning surgery for this condition; in particular, type I tumours should be treated by a radical surgical procedure to achieve a favourable outcome.Keywords
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