Clinical Study

Prognostic Impact of Preoperative Imaging Parameters on Resectability of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Table 2

Patients staged according to the Bismuth-Corlette classification and MSKCC staging system.

StagePatientsResected (%)Metastasis (%)Yield of laparoscopy (%)Median survival (months)

MSKCC staging system
 T15542 (71)10 (17)5/41 (12%)21
 T26831 (45)9 (13)5/63 (8%)19
 T3259 (36)10 (40)5/24 (21%)23
value<0.01*0.09*0.43*0.15**

Bismuth-Corlette classification
 Type I and II2618 (69)3 (12)1/12 (8%)19
 Type III7950 (52)16 (17)9/92 (10%)17
 Type IV259 (36)10 (40)5/24 (21%)12
value0.02*0.01*0.17*0.12**

Patients with benign disease and patients with unresectable disease at imaging were not included in this assessment. * for trend; **logrank test.