title: [Surgical treatments for hilar cholangiocarcinoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the diagnosis and surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 102 patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma, 21 (20.6%) underwent surgical exploration and biopsy with an average survival time of 72 d, 18 (17.6%) received drainage with that of 8.3 months, and 63 (61.8%) were subjected to surgical resection and anastomosis with that of 25.7 months. The surgical approaches included resections of the perihepatic cholangiocarcinoma, of the quadrate lobe and outer bile ductule carcinoma, of the left half of the liver, of the caudal lobe and outer bile ductule carcinoma, and Roux-en-Y ligation of the intraheptic bile ductule-jeajunum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Resection is a the primary choice for treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma, and radical resection may prolong the patients' survival time and achieve better effect than simple drainage. In cases where resection is impossible, jaundice management should be carried out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, People's Hospital of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510080, China.
authors.forename: Yu-bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhi-xiang
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Zi-xian
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jin-rui
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ou
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged