Editing Cholangiocarcinoma (section)

===Surgery===
[[File:Cholangiocarcinoma.png|right|thumb|Photograph of cholangiocarcinoma in human liver.]]
[[Surgery|Surgical exploration]] may be necessary to obtain a suitable [[biopsy]] and to accurately [[cancer staging|stage]] a person with cholangiocarcinoma. [[Laparoscopy]] can be used for staging purposes and may avoid the need for a more invasive surgical procedure, such as [[laparotomy]], in some people.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Weber SM, DeMatteo RP, Fong Y, Blumgart LH, Jarnagin WR | title = Staging laparoscopy in patients with extrahepatic biliary carcinoma. Analysis of 100 patients | journal = Annals of Surgery | volume = 235 | issue = 3 | pages = 392–9 | date = March 2002 | pmid = 11882761 | pmc = 1422445 | doi = 10.1097/00000658-200203000-00011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Callery MP, Strasberg SM, Doherty GM, Soper NJ, Norton JA | title = Staging laparoscopy with laparoscopic ultrasonography: optimizing resectability in hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancy | journal = Journal of the American College of Surgeons | volume = 185 | issue = 1 | pages = 33–9 | date = July 1997 | pmid = 9208958 | doi = 10.1016/s1072-7515(97)00003-3 }}</ref>