Interventional radiology's role in the diagnosis and management of patients with gallbladder carcinoma.
Fine GC, Smith TA, Stein SI, Madoff DC. Interventional radiology's role in the diagnosis and management of patients with gallbladder carcinoma. Chinese Clinical Oncology 2019, 8: 40. PMID: 31431037, DOI: 10.21037/cco.2019.07.09.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative portal vein embolizationManagement of patientsGallbladder carcinomaAggressive biliary tract malignancyInterventional radiology’s roleLate disease statesPortal vein embolizationPost-operative complicationsBiliary tract malignancyCommon gastrointestinal malignancyBile leakGastrointestinal malignanciesSurgical candidatesVein embolizationBiliary drainageBiliary obstructionChronic painPorcelain gallbladderPercutaneous imageRisk factorsInterventional radiologistsPatientsCarcinomaTissue samplingDisease states