Degree of biliary tract violation during treatment of gallbladder adenocarcinoma is independently associated with development of peritoneal carcinomatosis

Abstract

Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is often incidentally diagnosed after cholecystectomy. Intra‐operative biliary tract violations (BTV) have been recently associated with development of peritoneal disease (PD). The degree of BTV may be associated with PD risk, but has not been previously investigated.