Laparoscopic hepatopancreatoduodenectomy for locally advanced gall bladder cancer.

Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy (HPD) can offer a survival advantage in selected patients with locally advanced gall bladder cancer (GBC). While the safety and feasibility of minimally invasive radical cholecystectomy have been recently documented, laparoscopic HPD for GBC has not been previously reported. A 73-year-old male with GBC infiltrating the bile duct underwent laparoscopic HPD to achieve R0 resection. The patient had an uneventful post-operative course except for delayed gastric emptying that improved with conservative management. The feasibility of laparoscopic HPD for locally advanced GBC reported in the present case needs to be documented in a large case series.

Citation

Mathews James, Raja Kalayarasan, Senthil Gnanasekaran, Biju Pottakkat. Laparoscopic hepatopancreatoduodenectomy for locally advanced gall bladder cancer. Journal of minimal access surgery. 2021 Jul-Sep;17(3):369-372

PMID: 33605929

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