Does “Clinical” R0 Have Validity in the Choice of Simple Cholecystectomy for Gallbladder Carcinoma?

BACKGROUND: This study was designed to evaluate the survival outcomes of patients undergoing simple cholecystectomy and to investigate which patients would benefit from cholecystectomy alone in treating gallbladder carcinoma. METHODS: The available medical records of patients who underwent cholecystectomy alone for gallbladder carcinomas from August 1992 to February 2005 were retrospectively reviewed. Cancer stages were evaluated by clinical meaning based on the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 6th edition. "Clinical" R0, defined as gallbladder confined tumor (pT1-3 with negative resection margin) with cN0 and cM0, was tentatively established to evaluate the quality of simple cholecystectomy. RESULTS: Seventy-five patients underwent cholecystectomy alone for gallbladder carcinomas. Twenty-eight patients were male, and forty-seven patients were female, with their mean age 63.5 years (range, 29-80 years). Forty-one patients (54.7%) underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and thirty-four patients (45.3%) underwent open cholecystectomy. T3 lesions were most common (26 patients), followed by T1 (24 patients), T2 (19 patients), and T4 (6 patients). "Clinical R0" could be defined in 48 patients (63%) after simple cholecystectomy. Multivariate analysis showed that incidental gallbladder carcinoma, T stage, and clinical R0 status were independent prognostic factors of long-term survival. When comparing survival outcomes of clinical R0 according to the T stage, no patients with Tis, T1a, and T1b had cancer-related mortality during follow-up. Especially, in patients with T2 gallbladder carcinomas, the mean survival rate was 68.9 months, and the 5-year survival rate was 77.8%. On the contrary, those with T3 lesions had poor prognoses. CONCLUSION: Cholecystectomy alone could be proper management for well-selected patients with gallbladder carcinomas (incidental gallbladder carcinoma, gallbladder confined carcinoma, clinical R0). More experiences and a proper prospective study must be performed to confirm the meaning of clinical R0 in treating gallbladder carcinoma.     

胆囊结石与胆囊癌发病机制的相关性分析

目的：探讨胆结石相关胆囊癌发病机制中细胞增殖与细胞周期调控失衡之间的关系。方法：随机收集因胆囊结石切除的胆囊标本88例,其中有增生54例;另外收集胆囊癌切除标本27例和正常胆囊标本7例。原位杂交及免疫组化检测主要细胞周期蛋白的表达情况。结果：随着胆囊内膜增生程度的加重,CDK4和Cyclin D1的表达也随之增加,在癌组织中表达量最高。相反的是随着胆囊内膜增生程度的加重,p16的表达也随之减少,在癌组织中表达量最低。结论：胆囊内膜增生程度的改变会导致关键的细胞周期蛋白表达的明显变化,打破了细胞增殖与细胞周期之间的平衡,导致胆囊癌的发生。     

原发性胆囊癌的诊治分析（附36例报告）

目的探讨原发性胆囊癌（PCG）的诊断与治疗方法。方法回顾性分析我院2001年7月至2008年7月经手术治疗的36例原发性胆囊癌病人的临床资料。结果本组Ⅰ期4例,Ⅱ期4例,Ⅲ期5例,Ⅳ期7例,Ⅴ期16例;根治性切除22例（61．1％）,其中扩大根治手术6例（16．7％）,各种姑息手术10例（27．8％）,另有4例仅行活检术;术后并发症发生率为19．4％（7／36）,围手术期死亡率为2．8％（1／36）。结论胆囊癌早期诊断是提高生存率的关键。手术切除仍是最有效的治疗方法,切除可获得较高生存率。对局部进展的中晚期患者,积极进行扩大根治术有望提高生活质量及延长生存时间。     

胆囊癌的综合治疗

Gallbladder cancer is the most common malignancy of biliary tract with a very poor prognosis. The therapeutic strategy of gallbladder cancer has been improved in some aspects. Identifying the accurate stage is the basis of surgical treatment. Radical resection is the only choice of treatment which provides patients long survival. For most patients in T1a stage, simple cholecystectomy is adequate, but dissection of hepatoduodenal ligament should be added when the lesions located in neck and duct of gallbladder. Patients in T1b stage often need radical cholecystectomy. Radical cholecystectomy with Ⅳb and Ⅴ segmentectomy and lymphadenectomy of N2 nodes should be performed to patients in T2 stage. Extended right lobe resection can improve the prognosis of selected T3 and T4 patients.The effect of chemotherapy for gallbladder cancer remains unsatisfactory, and current chemotherapeutic regimens were based on 5-FU, gemcitabine or S-1. The effect of a new chemotherapeutic sensitization scheme with continuous infusion of somatostatin,epirubicin 5-FU/CF and cisplatin is under research, and the preliminary results are promising. Radiation shows some benefits to patients with gallbladder cancer, but its effects are still uncertain.     

腹腔镜胆囊切除术联合腹腔镜下经腹腔腹膜前补片疝修补术57例临床报告

目的探讨腹腔镜联合手术的优越性。方法回顾分析2003年10月至2009年12月开展腹腔镜胆囊切除术联合经腹腔腹膜前补片疝修补术（LC＋TAPP）57例病例的临床资料。结果本组57例手术均获成功,无中转开腹,平均手术时间为（47．2±9．5）min;术后留院平均为（4．1±0．9）d;住院费（10240．6±715．2）元。随访6个月至6年,无1例复发。结论腹腔镜联合手术一次性处理两种或两种以上腹部病变是安全有效的,具有创伤小、痛苦轻、恢复快等优点,值得推广应用。     

Recent advances in pancreaticobiliary maljunction

The purpose of this review is to evaluate our current knowledge of the embryologic etiology of pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM), its diagnosis, clinical aspects, and treatment, and to clarify the mechanisms of PBM involvement in carcinogenesis. Although the embryologic etiology of PBM still awaits clarification, an arrest of the migration of the common duct of the biliary and pancreatic ducts inwards in the duodenal wall has hitherto been speculated to result in a long common channel in PBM. However, we propose the hypothesis that the etiology of PBM is caused by a disturbance in the embryonic connections (misarrangement) of the choledochopancreatic duct system in the extremely early embryo. That is, PBM is an anomaly caused by a misarrangement whereby the terminal bile duct joins with a branch of the ventral pancreatic duct system, including the main pancreatic duct. PBM is frequently associated with congenital bile duct cyst (CCBD). However, these two anomalies are thought to have different embryonic etiologies. The diagnostic criteria for PBM are the radiological and anatomical detection of the extramural location of the junction of the pancreatic and biliary ducts in the duodenal wall. However, in PBM patients with a short common duct (less than 1 cm in length), detection of the extramural location is difficult. The clinical features of PBM are intermittent abdominal pain, with or without elevation of pancreatic enzyme levels; and obstructive jaundice, with or without acute pancreatitis, while the clinical features of PBM patients with CCBD are primary bile duct stone and acute cholangitis. The optimum approach for the treatment of PBM is the prevention of the reciprocal reflux of bile and pancreatic juice in the pancreas and the bile duct system. To achieve these aims, the surgical approach is most effective, and complete biliary diversion procedures with bile duct resection (for example, choledochoduodenostomy or choledochojejunostomy of the Roux-en-Y type) are most useful. Recently, it has been recognized that the development of biliary ductal carcinoma is associated with PBM. That is, the development of gallbladder cancer occurs frequently in PBM patients without CCBD, and bile duct cancer originating from the cyst wall also occurs in PBM patients with CCBD. It is speculated that the pathogenesis of the bile duct or gallbladder cancer in PBM patients involves the reciprocal reflux of bile and pancreatic juice. Investigations of epithelial cell proliferation in the gallbladder of PBM patients, and of K-ras mutations and p53 suppressor gene mutations, loss of heterozygosity of p53, and overexpression of the p53 gene product in gallbladder cancer and noncancerous lesions in PBM patients have been carried out in various laboratories around the world. The results support the conclusion that PBM is a high risk factor for the development of bile duct carcinoma. Received: March 12, 2001 / Accepted: April 16, 2001     

意外胆囊癌的临床处理与预后分析

目的 总结意外胆囊癌的临床病理特点、诊断与治疗方案的选择,分析与预后有关的因素,指导意外胆囊癌的规范化治疗.方法 回顾性分析北京协和医院1999年1月至2009年10月收住院治疗的27例意外胆囊癌的临床资料,应用Kaplan-Meier法对比单纯胆囊切除术组、胆囊癌根治术组以及NevinⅠ、Ⅱ期与Ⅲ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ期患者的累积生存率,对意外胆囊癌的治疗方法与预后进行分析.结果 27例患者以胆囊良性疾病的术前诊断行胆囊切除术,术前诊断以急慢性胆囊炎、胆囊结石和胆囊息肉为主.术后病理学检查证实为胆囊癌,其中低分化腺癌9例,中分化腺癌9例,高分化腺癌4例,腺瘤癌变5例.按Nevin分期,Ⅰ期2例,Ⅱ期5例,Ⅲ期8例,Ⅳ期5例,Ⅴ期7例.胆囊癌根治术组患者累积生存率好于单纯胆囊切除术组(x2=4.450,P=0.035);Nevin Ⅰ、Ⅱ期患者预后显著优于Ⅲ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ期(x2=6.825,P=0.014).结论 意外胆囊癌临床表现缺乏特异性,容易导致误诊,术中快速病理切片检查是明确诊断的重要方法,确诊后首选根治性切除术.     

Gallbladder agenesis with a stone in the cystic duct bud

An 84-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of pyloric stenosis caused by gastric cancer. Abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging failed to demonstrate the gallbladder, but showed a gallstone in a ductlike structure parallel to the common bile duct. When laparotomy was performed, the gallbladder and the fossa were not observed, and a blind-end duct, similar to a cystic duct, was found beside the common bile duct. Incisional exploration of the common bile duct was done after distal gastrectomy; the gallstone was not found in the common bile duct, but in the duct parallel to it. By observing the duct beneath the common bile duct with a cholangioscope, we considered it to be a hypoplastic cystic duct. After the gallstone was removed, a T-tube was placed into the common bile duct. Agenesis of the gallbladder is a rare congenital anomaly and is often asymptomatic. As far as we know, this is the first report of gallbladder agenesis with a hypoplastic cystic duct impacted with a stone. Careful intraoperative examination using a cholangioscope is useful to confirm the structure of the common bile duct.     

Selective Intraoperative Cholangiography and Single-Stage Management of Common Bile Duct Stone in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Background There are still debates and controversies in the detection and the management of common bile duct (CBD) stones in the era of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). This prospective study was performed to evaluate a single-stage management of CBD stone during LC. Methods Between May 1998 and January 2000, 249 consecutive patients with gallstone and cholecystitis were enrolled in this study. The mean age was 52.5 ± 12.4 years. Male to female ratio was 106:143. All patients underwent abdominal sonography and the determination of the serum biochemical profile preoperatively. Patients presented with sepsis or with total bilirubin ≥ 6 ng/dL were excluded from the study. Results 244 (98%) patients underwent LC and 5 (2%) patients were converted to open cholecystectomy. Intraoperative cholangiogram (IOC) was only performed in patients who fulfilled our predetermined criteria. Among 90 patients who had IOC, only 23 patients had CBD stones that were removed either by transcystic duct stone extraction (61%) or CBD exploration (39%). The additional procedures to remove CBD stone did not prolong the hospitalization. There were four wound infections and one cystic stump leakage. One patient developed CBD stone during the follow-up period up to 37 months. Conclusions Our study indicates that routine use of IOC during LC is not necessary. In addition, single-stage approach for the management of CBD stone during LC is feasible and should be considered by laparoscopic surgeons.     

Does laparoscopy worsen the prognosis for incidental gallbladder cancer?

Background More than 75% of cholecystectomies are done laparoscopically and less than one-third of gallbladder carcinomas are known presurgically. It is supposed that the laparoscopic technique could adversely affect the prognosis of gallbladder cancer. Methods The C-A-E has started a register of all cases of cholecystectomy with a postoperative incidental finding of gallbladder carcinoma. The aim is to compare the prospectively collected follow-up data on the outcome of these patients and to answer the question of whether laparoscopic cholecystectomy affects the prognosis of incidental gallbladder cancer. Results A total of 377 cases have been recorded so far. These include 201 patients treated by the laparoscopic procedure, 119 by an open procedure, and 57 by an intraoperative conversion. The survival shows a significantly better life expectancy for the patients treated laparoscopically. Conclusion The life expectancy is higher for the laparoscopically treated patients and this cannot be explained by the fact that the laparoscopic technique is used to treat the earlier stages of cancer. The access technique does not seem to influence the prognosis for gallbladder carcinomas.