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Retroperitoneal Dissection in Patients with Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Operative Principles and Techniques

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Pancreatectomy with aggressive vascular resection is increasingly being recognized as an appropriate treatment strategy for patients with borderline resectable PDAC after administration of chemotherapy and/or chemoradiation. Because tumor downstaging is an uncommon event, both venous and hepatic arterial resection and reconstruction might be necessary to achieve negative surgical margins and the favorable short-term and long-term outcomes we have reported previously. The technical approaches we have described here can be used as a basic foundation for operative safety and efficiency during these challenging operations.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.05.015

Authors: Matthew H.G. Katz, Jeffrey E. Lee, Peter W.T. Pisters, Roman Skoracki, Eric Tamm, Jason B. Fleming

Institution: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Language: English

Topic: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

Subfield: Oncology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Cancer Institute