Is pancreaticoduodenectomy justified for septuagenarians and octogenarians?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2003, Pages 1661-1664

  Chen, Jen Wei ^a   Shyr, Yi Ming ^a,b   Su, Cheng Hsi ^a   Wu, Chew Wun ^a   Lui, Wing Yiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Octogenarian; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Periampullary; Septuagenarian

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENESCENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL STRESS; VATER PAPILLA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0141427946     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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