“Hepatic hilum area priority, liver posterior first”: An optimized strategy in laparoscopic resection for type III-IV hilar cholangiocarcinoma
Xiao-Si Hu, Yong Wang, Hong-Tao Pan, Chao Zhu, Shi-Lei Chen, Shuai Zhou, Hui-Chun Liu, Qing Pang, Hao Jin
Xiao-Si Hu, Yong Wang, Hong-Tao Pan, Chao Zhu, Shi-Lei Chen, Shuai Zhou, Hui-Chun Liu, Qing Pang, Hao Jin, Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Anhui No. 2 Provincial People's Hospital, Hefei 230041, Anhui Province, China
Co-corresponding authors: Qing Pang and Hao Jin.
Author contributions: Hu XS and Wang Y contributed to the manuscript preparation; Pan HT and Zhou S helped to perform the statistical analysis and the literature research; Hu XS, Zhu C, and Chen SL contributed to data collection and analysis; Liu HC guided and supervised the research; Jin H conceptualized, designed, and supervised the whole process of the research; Pang Q was responsible for data re-analysis, figures and tables plotting, language polishing, and literature search. Both Jin H and Pang Q played important and indispensable roles in the study design, data analysis and manuscript preparation as the co-corresponding authors. This collaboration between Jin H and Pang Q is crucial for the publication of this manuscript.
Supported by the Health Research Program of Anhui, No. AHWJ2022b032 and No. AHWJ2023A30034.
Institutional review board statement: This study received approval from the Ethics Committee of the Second People’s Hospital of Anhui Province (approval number: 2022-011).
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to operation.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: Participants gave informed consent for data sharing.
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https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Hao Jin, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Anhui No. 2 Provincial People's Hospital, No. 1868 Dangshan Road, Hefei 230041, Anhui Province, China. jinhaogandan@126.com
Received: March 27, 2024
Revised: May 31, 2024
Accepted: June 20, 2024
Published online: July 27, 2024
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