The effect of reoperation on the prognosis of gallbladder carcinoma patients found by first cholecystectomy / 中华普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of the second resection for unsuspected gallbladder carcinoma discovered after cholecystectomy.Methods A retrospective clincopathological analysis was conducted for 45 cases of unsuspected gallbladder carcinoma receiving second operation at our hospital from January 2000 to December 2010.Result Of the 45 cases with unsuspected gallbladder carcinoma (33 pT2,12 pT3 ),40 cases received second radical reeection of the liver bed with lymph dissection; the remaining 5 cases received palliative operation.Amongst 45 patients lymph metastasis (4 pT2,6 pT3 ) was found in 10 cases,liver metastasis ( 2 pT2,1 pT3 ) in 3,parietal seeding in 1 ( pT3 ) and distant metastasis ( pT2 ) in one.The 5 patients receiving palliative operation died in 3 ～ 8 months and 40 patients receiving the radical operation achieved long-term survival ( 40.4 ± 2.7 months) after the operation.The effect of second operation which was done within 4 weeks after the first cholecystectomy was better than that of the operation done beyond 4 weeks ( survival time 37.1 ± 2.2 vs 22.4 ± 5.8months).Conclusions Radical resection for unsuspected gallbladder carcinoma discovered after the initial cholecystectomy helps improve prognosis and prolong patients survival time.