Carcinoma of the pancreatic head – Improvement of long-term Results of an oncologic center
J Karner, B Sobhian, S Thalhammer, B Horvath-Mechtler, M Klimpfinger, F Sellner; · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2007 · Heft 07
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Zusammenfassung
Background: Standard pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) for the treatment of resectable tumors of the periampullary region or the pancreatic head involves a radical pancreatoduodenectomy with an extensive gastric resection. The modified Whipple operation aims to preserve the stomach, pylorus and proximal duodenum so as to decrease postgastrectomy complications and improve the patient's quality of life. However, there were still many postoperative complications after pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy (PPD). Unfortunately, in some retrospective studies tumors of the periampullary region and the ductal carcinoma of…
