Ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head: A focus on current diagnostic and surgical concepts

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3058-3069

  Ouaïssi, Mehdi ^a,b   Giger, Urs ^c   Louis, Guillaume ^a,b   Sielezneff, Igor ^a,b   Farges, Olivier ^d   Sastre, Bernard ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; Pancreatic fistula; Pancreatic surgery; Venous resection

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; SOMATOSTATIN;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISTANT METASTASIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FAST TRACK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; JAUNDICE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84863895227     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i24.3058     Document Type: Article

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