Advances in the Surgical Management of Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreas Cancer

Overview

Journal Surg Oncol Clin N Am

Specialties General Surgery
Oncology

Date 2016 Mar 26

PMID 27013365

Citations 4

Authors

Beth A Helmink

Rebecca A Snyder

Kamran Idrees

Nipun B Merchant

Alexander A Parikh

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Abstract

Successful surgical resection offers the only chance for cure in patients with pancreatic cancer. However, pancreatic resection is feasible in less than 20% of the patients. In this review, the current state of surgical management of pancreatic cancer is discussed. The definition of resectability based on cross-sectional imaging and the technical aspects of surgery, including vascular resection and/or reconstruction, management of aberrant vascular anatomy and extent of lymphadenectomy, are appraised. Furthermore, common pancreatic resection-specific postoperative complications and their management are reviewed.

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