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Is the Bismuth-Corlette IIIb stage really an unfavorable situation for resectability of Klatskin tumors? A critical appraisal |
Marcello Donati ∗, Michela Zanatta , Francesco Basile |
Department of Surgery and Medical Surgical Specialties, Surgical Clinic Unit, University Hospital of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
∗ Corresponding author.
E-mail address: mdonati@unict.it (M. Donati). |
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Abstract We read with considerable interest the paper from Passeri et al. [1] questioning how the IIIb preoperative determination of a Klatskin tumor could be considered a risk factor for unresectability, and we could not refrain from making some critical recommendations about it.
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