Surgical strategy for suspected early gallbladder carcinoma including incidental gallbladder carcinoma diagnosed during or after cholecystectomy. (September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nitta, Toshikatsu; Kataoka, Jun; Ohta, Masato; Fujii, Kensuke; Takashima, Yuko; Inoue, Yoshihiro; Ishibashi, Takashi
• Is Part Of: Annals of medicine and surgery. Volume 33(2018)
• Page Start: 56
• Page End: 59
• Publication Date: 2018-09
• Subjects: Suspected early gallbladder carcinoma -- Gallbladder carcinoma -- GBC -- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy -- Surgical strategy; Surgery -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; General Surgery -- Periodicals; Education, Medical -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 617
• DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2018.07.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2049-0801

Abstract

Abstract: Purpose: This paper presents an overview of the surgical strategy for patients with suspected gallbladder carcinoma (GBC), including incidental GBC cases, preoperatively or intraoperatively, as well as their outcomes. Methods: Between April 2009 and December 2017, 529 patients underwent cholecystectomy for gallbladder disease at our hospital. Both intraoperative and postoperative histological examinations of the excised gallbladder facilitated the diagnosis of GBC. Surgery-related variables and surgical approaches were evaluated according to the extent of tumor invasion. Results: Of 529 patients, eight were diagnosed with GBC during/after cholecystectomy, including four women and four men. Mean age was 75.4 (range, 59–89) years. Five patients had gallbladder stones and three had cholecystitis. Three patients with stages T1b and T2 underwent additional liver bed wedge resections with or without prophylactic common bile duct excision. Five of the eight patients are still alive and two of the remaining three died from other diseases; one patient with pT3 died of recurrent GBC (peritonitis carcinomatosa). Conclusion: Because of the ability to obtain full-thickness frozen biopsies during laparoscopic cholecystectomy, we could diagnose GBC intraoperatively, allowing for rapid diagnosis and tumor resection. We recommend developing a surgical treatment strategy for suspected early GBC in advance of cholecystectomy. Highlights: Gallbladder carcinoma can be diagnosed during or after cholecystectomy. Frozen biopsies from cholecystectomy allow for the intraoperative diagnosis of GBC. The intraoperative diagnosis of GBC facilitates surgical resection of tumors. Surgical strategies incorporating intraoperative diagnosis should be developed.