Cholangio carcinoma Surg :
It is a medical surgical treatment for bile duct cancer patients. In this condition location and extent of cancer assessed with diagnostic like ultrasound, CT scan, MRI, endoscopic ultrasound with blood work and biopsy. The part of the liver, bile are surgically removed with surgical oncologist or hepatobilliary surgeon.
Risk factors of cholangiocarcinoma includes bile duct stones or bile duct cyst, liver cirrhosis, alcohol use, obesity, smoking and other disease problems. Likely to some other surgeries, it has complications like blood clots or bleeding, Infections and bile leakage. However it is potential curative surgical treatment for bile duct cancer patients. Moreover, this surgical treatment offers longterm survival for bile duct cancer patients but the recurrence of cancer is common as other cancers. It depends on tumor location and stage of the cancer.