Surgical management of carcinoma of the head of pancreas: Extended lymphadenectomy or modified en bloc resection?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 228-236

  Samra, Jaswinder S ^a   Gananadha, Sivakumar ^a   Hugh, Thomas J ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

En bloc resection; Lymphadenectomy; Radical pancreatoduodenectomy

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

ABDOMEN; ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 41149154964     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04426.x     Document Type: Review

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