Surgical treatment of gallbladder cancer: An eight-year experience in a single center

Figure 3 Comprehensive flowchart of important points in our patients. Important points (e.g., preoperative diagnosis, surgical treatment, histopathological assessments, stage according to the tumor-node-metastasis classification and prognosis) are summarized. The final stages in each case are shown in parentheses. The outcomes in each case are also shown in parentheses (dead or alive). *Cases with invasive findings of the lymphoid duct and/or nerve plexuses on the histopathological assessment. †Cases with a positive margin at the surgical cut end of the biliary tract. CRT: Chemoradiotherapy; ENBD: Extrahepatic bile duct resection; LC: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; LN: Lymph node.