IPNB/ICPN are rare precursor lesions that can affect the entire biliary epithelium. At pathology, the majority of patients have invasive carcinoma, thus warranting a radical resection. Patients with tumours expressing MUC1 appear to have worse OS and DFSs.

Operative efficiency appears to improve as surgeons completed 16 TEM cases. We have identified important factors that result in longer operating time. The study has important implications with regard to surgical training and operative planning for new TEM programmes.

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