Laparoscopic Excisional Cholecystectomy with Full-Thickness Frozen Biopsy in Suspected Gallbladder Carcinoma

Laparoscopic Excisional Cholecystectomy with Full-Thickness Frozen Biopsy in Suspected Gallbladder Carcinoma

Owing to the advantages of a laparoscopic approach, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is thought to be the treatment of choice in gallbladder disease, even in cases of suspected malignancy. However, it is difficult to differentiate between cholecystitis and gallbladder carcinoma (GBC). We performed...

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Main Authors: Toshikatsu Nitta, Jun Kataoka, Masato Ohta, Yuko Takashima, Kensuke Fujii, Masatsugu Ishii, Yoshihiro Inoue, Atsushi Takeshita, Takashi Ishibashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2018-12-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Gallbladder carcinoma
Cholecystectomy
Intraoperative histological examination
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/495603

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