Gerardo Blanco-Fernández, Mario Serradilla-Martín, Fernando Rotellar, Raquel Latorre, Isabel Jaén-Torrejimeno, Elena Muñoz-Forner, Celia Villodre, Alberto Carabias-Hernández, Helga K Kälviäinen-Mejía, Sara Esteban Gordillo, Roberto de la Plaza, Noelia De Armas-Conde, Marina Garcés-Albir, Silvia Carbonell Morote, Alba Manuel-Vázquez, Alejandro Serrablo, Fernando Pardo, Luis Sabater, María Paloma Sanz Muñoz, Jose M Ramia
BACKGROUND: The effect of radiologic splenic vessels involvement (RSVI) on the survival of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) located in the body and tail of the pancreas is controversial, and its influence on postoperative morbidity after distal pancreatectomy (DP) is unknown. This study aimed to determine the influence of RSVI on postoperative complications, overall survival (OS), and disease-free survival (DFS) in patients undergoing DP for PAC. METHODS: A multicenter retrospective study of DP was conducted at 7 hepatopancreatobiliary units between January 2008 and December 2018...
April 2024: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery