Abstract Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) has been widely applied in
liver surgery since the publication of the first ERAS guidelines in 2016. The aim of the …

Several advances in diagnosis, treatment and palliation of cholangiocarcinoma (CC) have
occurred in the last decades. A multidisciplinary approach to this disease is therefore …

Cholangiocarcinomas (CC) are relatively rare tumors, although their incidence is increasing
worldwide. 1 Several advances in the diagnosis, therapy, and palliation for patients affected …

Background and aim Endoscopic biliary drainage (EBD) and percutaneous biliary drainage
(PTBD) are the two main strategies of preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) for resectable …

AIM: To evaluate the effect of preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) on obstructive jaundice
resulting from malignant tumors. METHODS: According to the requirements of Cochrane …

OBJECTIVE: To review the outcome of patients operated for hilar cholangiocarcinoma and
analyse prognostic variables. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A prospectively collected …

The aim of this review is to describe recent advances and topics in the surgical management
of bile duct cancer. Radical resection with a microscopically negative margin (R0) is the only …

Objective—To identify factors associated with outcome in cats with extrahepatic biliary tract
obstruction (EHBTO) that undergo biliary diversion surgery. Design—Retrospective case …

Context Debate still continues as to the effects of preoperative biliary stents on postoperative
complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Some studies have documented increased …

Percutaneous biliary and gallbladder drainage is routinely performed by interventional
radiology. These pathologies and techniques are well described in the literature and in this …