Preoperative biliary drainage before resection for cholangiocarcinoma (Pro).
Three types of preoperative biliary drainage (BD): percutaneous transhepatic (PTBD), endoscopic (EBD), and endoscopic nasobiliary (ENBD) can be indicated before resection of cholangiocarcinoma. However, three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have revealed that preoperative PTBD does not improve perioperative results. Other RCTs have revealed that preoperative EBD for malignant obstructive jaundice has no demonstrable benefit and after EBD for hilar cholangiocarcinoma there are highly developed infectious complications. Most patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma undergo pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) without preoperative BD. However, no RCTs have been performed to clarify the safety of major hepatectomy without preoperative BD for cholestatic patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Furthermore, preoperative intrahepatic segmental cholangitis is a prognostic factor in the outcome of major hepatectomy for biliary cancer. Preoperative BD has another purpose in the preoperative management of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Selective cholangiography via ENBD and/or PTBD catheters provides precise information about the complicated segmental anatomy of the intrahepatic bile ducts and extent of cancer along the separated segmental bile ducts, which contributes toward designing a type of resective procedure. RCTs in biliary cancer patients undergoing major hepatectomy have revealed that bile replacement during external biliary drainage and perioperative synbiotic treatment can prevent postoperative infectious complications. Although preoperative EBD increases the risk of cholangitis, major hepatectomy combined with preoperative biliary drainage, preferably PTBD and/or ENBD, followed by portal vein embolization has been established as a safer management strategy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.
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Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan. ynimura@aichi-cc.jp
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