Carcinoma of the pancreas with portal vein involvement - Our experience with a modified technique of resection

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 65, 2005, Pages 1596-1600

  Jain, Sundeep ^a   Sacchi, M ^c   Vrachnos, P ^b   Lygidakis, N J ^a,d  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c SANTA MARIA GORETTI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Venous resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VEIN SURGERY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 25844437495     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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