Long-term follow-up of a randomized trial of biliary drainage in perihilar cholangiocarcinoma

A Review of Resection and Surgical Ablation for Primary and Secondary Liver Cancers

“…The exact method of decompression-percutaneous versus endoscopic-is a topic of great debate that ultimately seems to have minimal long-term consequences. 57 Patients may need preoperative strategies to improve their FLR, and neoadjuvant systemic therapy may be considered while a patient receives all of these interventions awaiting the ability to undergo surgery. 58,59 Finally, liver transplantation after strict protocols of staging and neoadjuvant treatments has recently demonstrated acceptable long-term outcomes for patients with small but unresectable disease.…”