Experimental and clinical studies on the management of bile duct cancer

Thesis

Cover

Title pages

Contents

General introduction and outline of the thesis

Chapter 1: Staging of cholangiocarcinoma : the role of endoscopy

Chapter 2: Differentiation of malignant and benign proximal bile duct strictures : the diagnostic dilemma

Chapter 3: Immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing cholangitis in patients resected for presumed malignant bile duct strictures

Chapter 4: Cholestasis aggravates liver ischemia/reperfusion-induced mitochondrial redox and energy states in rats

Chapter 5: Cholestasis enhances liver ischemia/reperfusion-induced coagulation activation in rats

Chapter 6: Biliary drainage attenuates post-ischemic reperfusion injury in the cholestatic rat liver

Chapter 7: Preoperative biliary drainage in patients with obstructive jaundice : history and current status

Chapter 8: Endoscopic and percutaneous preoperative biliary drainage in patients with suspected hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Chapter 9: Effect of preoperative biliary drainage on coagulation and fibrinolysis in severe obstructive cholestasis

Chapter 10: Surgery for extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma : predictors of survival

Chapter 11: Analysis of prognostic factors for survival after resection of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Chapter 12: A comparative study of intraductal papillary neoplasia of the biliary tract and pancreas

Chapter 13: Multidisciplinary management of hilar cholangiocarcinoma : surgical results of 20 years institutional experience

Summary and conclusions

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Publications

Curriculum vitae

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