Ko Suzuki, Yusuke Kurita, Kensuke Kubota, Yuji Fujita, Seitaro Tsujino, Yuji Koyama, Shintaro Tsujikawa, Shigeki Tamura, Shin Yagi, Sho Hasegawa, Takamitsu Sato, Kunihiro Hosono, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Hiromichi Iwashita, Shoji Yamanaka, Satoshi Fujii, Itaru Endo, Atsushi Nakajima
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: There is currently no consensus on the use of endoscopic papillectomy (EP) for early stage duodenal ampullary adenocarcinoma. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of EP for patients with early stage duodenal ampullary adenocarcinoma. METHODS: Patients who underwent EP for ampullary adenocarcinomas were investigated. Complete and clinical complete resection rates were evaluated. Clinical complete resection was defined as either complete resection or resection with positive or unknown margins but no cancer in the surgically resected specimen, or no recurrence on endoscopy after at least a 1-year follow-up...
November 28, 2023: Journal of Hepato-biliary-pancreatic Sciences