Table 1.

Review of the literature on major hepatectomy for hilar bile duct carcinoma

Author	Year	Period	Total resection	Rate of R0 (%)	Major Hx	MH/ resection (%)	BD	PVE	Liver failure (%)	Mortality	5-yr survival rate (%)
Miyagawa[16]	1995	1989-1994	37		33	89	Done	Done	0.0	0.0	NA
Pichlmayr[92]	1996	1975-1993	125	73	92	74	No	No	10.5	12.7	26.31
Klempnauer[93]	1997	1971-1995	151	78	111	74	No	No	3.4	11.7	32.01
Nagino[82]	1998	1977-1996	138	78	109	79	Done	Done4	8.0	9.7	25.82
Burke[94]	1998	1991-1997	30	83	22	73	No	No	NA	6.6	45.0
Ogura[95]	1998	1976-1995	66	55	31	47	Done	No	15.9	2.2	NA
Kosuge[38]	1999	1980-1997	65	52	52	80	Done	Done4	10.8	9.2	34.8
Neuhaus[66]	1999	1988-1998	95	61	66	69	Done	(TAE)	NA	9.0	22.03
Launois[96]	1999	1968-1993	40	80	22	55	No	No	NA (9)	12.5	12.5
Miyazaki[97]	1999	1981-1998	93	70	66	71	Done	Partially	29.0	12.0	36.0
Gerhards[98]	2000	1983-1998	112	14	32	29	Done	No	12.0	25.0	NA
Todoroki[99]	2000	1976-1998	98	14	32	33	Done	No	8.4	5.0	28.0
Jarnagin[100]	2001	1991-2000	80	78	62	78	Not routine	No	3.2	11.0	39.0
Seyama[18]	2003	1989-2001	67	64	58	87	Done	Done	0.0	0.0	40.0
Kawasaki[17]	2003	1991-2000	79	68	69	87	Done	Done	0.0	1.3	40.0
Kondo[73]	2004	1999-2002	40	95	26	65	Done	Done	0.0	0.0	40 (3-yr)
Rea[101]	2004	1979-1997	NA	80	46	NA	Done	No	11.0	9.0	26.0
Hemming[19]	2005	1997-2004	53	80	52	98	Done	Done	3.7	9.0	35.0

Hx: hepatectomy; NA: not available; R0: microscopic negative margin; BD: biliary drainage; PVE: portal vein embolization. 1, these two reports were from the same center; 2, curative Hx 97 cases; 3, total 95 cases; 4, PVE was started in the middle of the study periods.