Surgical resection for hepatoportal bile duct cancer

Table 1 Operative procedures for 52 hepatoportal bile duct cancer and their mortality

Operative procedure	No. of patients	No. of death
Resection	17	1
Local resection (LR)	(3)	(0)
LR + Caudate segment resection	(1)a	(0)
LR + Median segment resection	(4)a	(1)
LR + Right/left hemihepatectomy	(9)b	(0)
Bypass	33	2
Segment III cholangiojejunostomy	(20)	(2)
Segment V cholangiojejunostomy	(9)	(0)
Choledochojejunostomy	(3)	(0)
Intubation	1	0
Exploration	2	0
Total	53	3

^aPartial excision of portal vein and repair of its lateral wall;

^bReconstruction of right hepatic artery in one case.

Table 2 Average survival time and comfort indices of the patients after resection and drainage

Operative procedure	No. of patients	Mean survival time (mo)	Comfort index (%)
Resection	17	15.62a	91b
Drainage	33	6.37a	74b

^aP < 0.005,

^bP < 0.05.