• Department Ⅰof Biliary Tract Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital & Biliary Tract Malignancy Treatment Centre, Secondary Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, P. R. China;
JIANG Xiaoqing, Email: jxq1225@sina.com
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Surgery is the only effective treatment for congenital choledochal cysts, as it allows for the resection of the cysts, the complete relief of cholangitis, and the prevention of canceration of cysts. The key elements of surgery for central choledochal cysts involve the cysts resection, bile-intestinal anastomosis, and biliopancreatic diversion. The difficulty in operating on central choledochal cysts lies in the rational decision making and effective management of cysts in the hilar and pancreatic regions. Depending on the type of central choledochal cysts with different anatomical patterns, a reasonable and feasible individualized surgical management strategy can be established to effectively avoid adverse therapeutic consequences such as postoperative biliary leakage, cholangio-intestinal anastomotic stricture, residual choledochal cysts and its carcinogenesis.

Citation: LI Bin, QIU Zhiquan, ZHANG Jixiang, JIANG Xiaoqing. Surgical difficulties and management strategies for central choledochal cysts. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2023, 30(1): 7-11. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.202208019 Copy

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