title: A retrospective study of carcinoma of the pancreas with special reference to the results of surgical treatment.
abstract: 469 patients treated for carcinoma of the pancreas in the County of Stockholm in 1963--73 were analysed for mean survival time, mean hospital-stay, post-operative complications and mortality. The results of treatment with palliative biliary by-pass procedures and radical surgery were compared. The mean survival time after by-pass operation was 5,7 months and after radical surgery 12,8 months. The mean hospital-stay was 39 and 83 days respectively. The post-operative mortality after palliative biliary by-pass procedures was 16%, and the frequence of major post-operative complications 10%. The corresponding figures after radical surgery were 25% and 30% respectively. Despite the longer survival time, it is doubtful if patients benefit from radical surgery.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies