Combined pancreaticoduodenectomy and hepatectomy for patients with locally advanced gallbladder carcinoma

Abstract

Combined pancreaticoduodenectomy and hepatectomy is an efficacious treatment for patients with locally advanced gallbladder carcinoma, but only if a potentially curative resection is feasible. The presence of peripancreatic (head only) lymph node disease is not a contraindication for this procedure.