Impact of Preoperative Jaundice and Biliary Drainage on Short- and Long-term Outcomes among Patients with Gallbladder Cancer.
Jun-Xi XiangShishir K MaithelSharon M WeberGeorge PoultsidesChristopher WolfgangLinda JinRyan C FieldsMatthew WeissCharles ScogginsKamron IdreesPerry ShenXu-Feng ZhangTimothy M PawlikPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2022)
While preoperative biliary drainage of jaundiced GBC patients decreased the risk of postoperative liver failure, it did not impact long-term outcomes. Rather, preoperative jaundice was associated with a lower chance at R0 resection and worse long-term survival.