title: [Radical surgery for gallbladder carcinoma].
abstract: The aims of the study were to evaluate the adequacy of the surgical treatment and results of curative extended resections for gallbladder cancer. To this end we carried out a retrospective analysis of 59 patients operated on at our institution from 1983 to 2000. Nineteen patients received a curative resection with a radical intent (4 stage I-II patients and 15 stage III-IV patients, according to the AJCC classification). Kaplan-Meyer survival was 100% after one year and 66.6% after five years for stage I-II patients; 44.4% after one year and 0% after 5 years for stage III patients; 75.0% after one year and 0% after 5 years for stage IV patients. Our analysis confirms the poor prognosis of gallbladder carcinoma. In stage I-II patients surgical treatment offers a good chance of survival. In stage III-IV patients surgery affords good palliation. "Curative" extended resection is, however, a safe surgical procedure and offers a real possibility of enhancing survival.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgia Generale 2, Ospedale Regionale, Via Lorenz Böhler, 5, 39100 Bolzano.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frena
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: La Guardia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate