Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy with arterial reconstruction for extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with celiac axis obstruction: report of a case.

We report a case of successful right hepatectomy plus pancreatoduodenectomy (Rt-HPD) with arterial reconstruction for extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma with obstruction of the celiac axis in a 76-year-old man. Obstruction of the celiac axis resulted in arterial blood supply to the upper abdominal organs coming from the pancreatic head arcade. The patient underwent arterial reconstruction before the Rt-HPD to maintain the blood supply from the pancreatic head arcade for as long as possible. His postoperative course was uneventful and he was well with no sign of recurrence when last seen, 64 months after surgery. To our knowledge, this is the first description of this modified HPD with arterial reconstruction. Thus, rational surgical planning based on careful preoperative assessment would expand the indications for HPD, even for patients with celiac axis obstruction requiring arterial reconstruction.