Table 1.
Demographics, treatment and pathology of patients undergoing negative-margin (R0) resection of gallbladder cancer without resection of the extrahepatic bile duct (n = 26)
| Characteristics | Value |
|---|---|
| Sex, female, n | 19 |
| Age, years, median (range) | 64 (48–82) |
| Preoperative jaundice, n | 0 |
| Previous cholecystectomy, n | 12 |
| Tumour stage, n | |
| T1b | 5 |
| T2 | 17 |
| T3 | 3 |
| T4 | 1 |
| Node stage, n | |
| N0 | 18 |
| N1 | 6 |
| Nx | 2 |
| Hepatic resection, n | |
| Cholecystectomy | 5 |
| Segment IV/V wedge | 19 |
| Right hemi-hepatectomy | 2 |
| Additional resections, n | |
| Partial duodenum | 1 |
| Regional lymphadenectomy, n | 26 |
| Lymph nodes harvested, median (range) | 3 (0–11) |
Nx, lymph node status not available in pathology report.