Pancreatoduodenectomy for Ductal Adenocarcinoma in the Very Elderly; Is It Safe and Justified?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1826-1831

  Khan, Saboor ^a   Sclabas, Guido ^a   Lombardo, Kaye Reid ^a   Sarr, Michael G ^a   Nagorney, David ^a   Kendrick, Michael L ^a   Donohue, John H ^a   Que, Florencia G ^a   Farnell, Michael B ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterologic and General Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Operative risks; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic surgery; Pancreatoduodenectomy

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958506194     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1294-8     Document Type: Article

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