title: Total laparoscopic resection of the gallbladder together with the gallbladder bed.
abstract: Patients with carcinoma of the gallbladder that is preoperatively diagnosed by radiology do not undergo laparoscopic resection, because such surgery is thought to worsen the prognosis of gallbladder carcinoma. However, the prognosis for patients with incidental T2 gallbladder carcinoma who are treated laparoscopically is reportedly no worse than that for patients undergoing conventional surgery. We successfully performed total laparoscopic resection of the gallbladder together with the gallbladder bed without any complications. We believe that this procedure represents a valid therapeutic option for carefully selected patients with T2 carcinoma of the gallbladder.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterological Surgery, Chiba Cancer Center Hospital, 666-2 Nitonachou, Chiba, 260-8717, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Matsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kainuma
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Souda
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gunji
authors.forename: Akinari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Ikuko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009367:Neoplasm Staging