Multicentre European study of preoperative biliary drainage for hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Olivier Farges, Jean‐Marc Regimbeau, David Fuks, Yves Patrice Le Treut, Daniel Cherqui, Philippe Bachellier, Jean‐Yves Mabrut, M. Adham, F.-R. Pruvot, J.-F. Gigot

British journal of surgery · 2012 · 259 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

PBD does not affect overall mortality in jaundiced patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma, but there may be a difference between patients undergoing right-sided versus left-sided hepatectomy.

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