BILIARY CONFLUENCE
EXCISION
WITH RIGHT HEPATECTOMY
AND TOTAL CAUDECTOMY
FOR HILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA
Six weeks after the embolization the size of the left lobe
was increased by 40% of the initial size, as documented by the
CT-scan (Fig. 6; the arrow showes the plane of the main scissura) and by the 3-D reconstruction CT-scan (Fig. 7).
Fig.
6: Abdominal CT scan
Fig.
7: 3-D reconstruction CT scan
After bilateral
subcostal laparotomy, hypertrophy of left lobe was confirmed (Fig.
8).
