Journal Review in Hepatobiliary Surgery: Resecting Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast · Oct 6, 2025 · 35m · transcript

Surgical resection of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (pCCA) is one of the highest-risk elective operations performed. The obstructive jaundice suffered by patients preoperatively, central location of the tumors, and extensive nature of the resection make pCCA one of the most challenging HPB disease processes. In this episode from the HPB team at Behind the Knife, listen in on the discussion about perioperative strategies to improve outcomes for surgical resection of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.

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