Review Article

Laparoscopic Radical Cholecystectomy for Primary or Incidental Early Gallbladder Cancer: The New Rules Governing the Treatment of Gallbladder Cancer

Table 5

IGBC surgery details.

AuthorLiver resectionDevices for liver parenchymal transactionCystic duct infiltrationCommon bile duct resection

Gumbs and Hoffman [17]Segmental resection of IVb and VHarmonic scalpelYesYes
Shirobe and Maruyama [13]Wedge resection of the gallbladder bed (1 cm)Ultrasonic coagulating shear, BiClampYes for 2/7 patientsYes in 2 patients
Agarwal et al. [14]Wedge resection of segments IVb and VHarmonic scalpel, LigaSure, ultrasonic aspirator (CUSA)NoNo
Machado et al. [18]Segmental resection of IVb and VHarmonic scalpel, LigaSure, bipolar diathermyNoNo