Oncological Superiority of Right-sided Hepatectomy Over Left-sided Hepatectomy as Surgery for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Truth or Biased View?

Masato Nagino^{1

2}, Tomoki Ebata², Takashi Mizuno²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan.
² Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.

Masato Nagino et al. Ann Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Jul 1;274(1):31-32.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004534.

Masato Nagino^{1

2}, Tomoki Ebata², Takashi Mizuno²

¹ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan.
² Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

The Left Hepatic Bile Duct Is Not Longer?!
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