Publication: The Potential Role of Intraoperative Ultrasonography in the Surgical Treatment of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
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1996-01-01
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16078462
08948569
08948569
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2-s2.0-0030004505
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Mahidol University
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HPB Surgery. Vol.9, No.2 (1996), 93-96
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P. Watanapa, N. S. Hargrove, Y. Sirivatanauksorn, P. Watanapa The Potential Role of Intraoperative Ultrasonography in the Surgical Treatment of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma. HPB Surgery. Vol.9, No.2 (1996), 93-96. doi:10.1155/1996/83272 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/17800
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The Potential Role of Intraoperative Ultrasonography in the Surgical Treatment of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
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The role of intraoperative ultrasonography (IOU) in the surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma was explored in twenty-two patients, 17 males and 5 females. The mean age was 55 years (range 36-78 years). Preoperative imaging studies included abdominal ultra-sonography and/or CT scan, and visceral angiography. Operations performed were segment III bypass in 18 patients, local resection of tumour in 2 and resection of tumour en bloc with left hepatectomy in 2. Interpretation of IOU in terms of vascular involvement by the tumour (as compared to angiography or operative findings) was correct in 21 patients; no vascular invasion in 20 and portal vein invasion in the remainder. One false negative result occurred in a patient whose IOU failed to show right hepatic artery encasement by the tumour. When compared to postoperative cholangiography or surgical specimen, IOU correctly demon-strated location and extent of the tumours in all but one patient who had incomplete tumour resection. IOU was also helpful in locating segment III duct for biliary bypass. The mean time used for IOU was 15.1 min (range 10-20 min.), and there was no procedure-related com-plication. When supplemented with operative exploration, IOU seems to be very useful in the assessment of the resectability of hilar cholangiocarcinoma. © 1996, OPA (Overseas Publishers Association).