The role of preoperative biliary drainage before liver resection in jaundiced patients remains controversial. The objective of this study is to compare the perioperative outcome of liver resection for carcinoma involving the proximal bile duct in jaundiced patients with and without preoperative biliary drainage.
Unit of Hepato-biliary-pancreatic and Digestive Surgery, Ospedale Mauriziano "Umberto I", Largo Turati, 62, 10128, Torino, Italy. aferrero@mauriziano.it
