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01-02-2020 | Cholangiocarcinoma | Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Letter: “Laparoscopic Hepatectomy Has Superiority in R0 Resection over Open Hepatectomy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma? The Evidence Is Unreliable”

Author: Fangqiang Wei

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | Issue 2/2020

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We thank Zeng and his colleague for the comments on our article¹ and suggesting that laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) did not necessarily have superiority in R0 resection over open hepatectomy (OH) for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). However, based on the title of their response, Laparoscopic Hepatectomy has superiority in R0 resection over Open Hepatectomy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma? The evidence is unreliable,” it appears that they have not fully understood our meta-analysis especially the quality and source of the evidence. …

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Title: Reply to the Letter: “Laparoscopic Hepatectomy Has Superiority in R0 Resection over Open Hepatectomy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma? The Evidence Is Unreliable”
Author: Fangqiang Wei
Publication date: 01-02-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery / Issue 2/2020
Print ISSN: 1091-255X
Electronic ISSN: 1873-4626
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-019-04477-6

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