When is an endoscopic intervention allowed in Klatskin tumor cases?

Aim: The optimal treatment of Klatskin tumor is surgery. Our aim was to assess via retrospective analysis, the operability, complications of endoscopic interventions and survival of patients diagnosed with Katskin tumor and also the adequacy of their examination algorithm and whether the biliary interventions affected survival. Method: Analysis period: 2013. Inclusion criterion: all Klatskin tumors diagnosed within the analysis period. Exclusion criteria: hilar biliary obstruction caused by cholecyst tumor, metastasis or inflammation and operability. The number of patients was not sufficient to employ statistica…