D Molino, P Perrotti, V Napoli, C Antropoli, S Perrotta, L Presta, E Gargano, R Bocchetti, D D'Antonio
Pancreaticoduodenectomy represents the only therapeutic option for cefalo-pancreatic and periampullary cancers. Surgical and anaesthesiological techniques development over the last twenty years has granted an operative mortality decrease. However, surgical morbidity is still high, with an incidence of 30-50%. A 20 year experience of a single Centre is examined retrospectively: 121 patients underwent pancreatic resection with radical intent. Type of operation or re-operation, operative mortality within 30 days, general and surgical morbidity, postoperative hospital stay were analysed...
November 2002: Il Giornale di Chirurgia