Implantation metastasis following external biliary drainage in biliary tract cancers--cause for concern!
Three patients with periampullary cancer developed tumor seedings along the T-tube choledochostomy tract, thus precluding curative resection in two patients and an early recurrence at the choledochostomy exit site in the third patient. External biliary drainage and intraoperative bile spill should be avoided in patients with curable biliary tract neoplasms.
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Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, 226014 India.
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D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002768:Choledochostomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding