Surgery Indeed has an Important Role in Long-Term Outcome in Patients with Pancreatic Head Cancer

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 1558-1559
Author(s):  
Darko Zdravkovic ◽  
Dragoljub Bilanovic ◽  
Tomislav Randjelovic ◽  
Marija Zdravkovic ◽  
Srdjan Dikic
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Head ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
Head Cancer ◽  
Long Term Outcome ◽  
Pancreatic Head Cancer

scholarly journals Locally Advanced Pancreatic Head Cancer: Margin-Positive Resection or Bypass?

ISRN Surgery ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Friedrich Wellner ◽  
Frank Makowiec ◽  
Dirk Bausch ◽  
Jens Höppner ◽  
Olivia Sick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Locally Advanced ◽  
Pancreatic Head ◽  
Resection Margins ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Long Term Outcome ◽  
Pancreatic Head Cancer ◽  
Margin Positive

Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive disease with poor survival. The only effective therapy offering long-term survival is complete surgical resection. In the setting of nonmetastatic disease, locally advanced tumors constitute a technical challenge to the surgeon and may result in margin-positive resection margins. Few studies have evaluated the implications of the latter in depth. The aim of this study was to compare the margin-positive situation to palliative bypass procedures and margin-negative resections in terms of perioperative and long-term outcome. By retrospective analysis of prospectively maintained data from 360 patients operated for pancreatic cancer at our institution, we provide evidence that margin-positive resection still yields a significant survival benefit over palliative bypass procedures. At the same time, perioperative severe morbidity and mortality are not significantly increased. Our observations suggest that pancreatic cancer should be resected whenever technically feasible, including, cases of locally advanced disease.

564 Long-Term Outcome After 92 Duodenum-Preserving Pancreatic Head Resections for Chronic Pancreatitis: Comparison of FREY- and BEGER-Procedures

2008 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. A-850
Author(s):  
Tobias Keck ◽  
Ulrich Adam ◽  
Hartwig Riediger ◽  
Ulrich T. Hopt ◽  
Frank Makowiec
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pancreatitis ◽  
Pancreatic Head ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
Long Term Outcome

Long-Term Outcome after 92 Duodenum-Preserving Pancreatic Head Resections for Chronic Pancreatitis: Comparison of Beger and Frey Procedures

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Keck ◽  
Ulrich Friedrich Wellner ◽  
Hartwig Riediger ◽  
Ulrich Adam ◽  
Olivia Sick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pancreatitis ◽  
Pancreatic Head ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
Long Term Outcome
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