Role of Lymph Node Dissection in Small (≤ 3 cm) Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.

Andrea RuzzenenteSimone ConciLuca ViganòGiorgio ErcolaniSerena ManfredaFabio BaganteAndrea CiangherottiCorrado PedrazzaniAntonio D PinnaCalogero IaconoGuido TorzilliAlfredo Guglielmi

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)

While Small-ICC patients with no LN metastasis had a good long-term survival, the LN resulted in an important variable associated with survival also for patients in this group. Moreover, the incidence of LN metastasis did not differ when comparing Small-ICC and Large-ICC patients, suggesting that LND is mandatory in the surgical treatment of ICC regardless of tumor size.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
squamous cell carcinoma
lymph node
risk factors
radiation therapy
sentinel lymph node