title: Total pancreatectomy for ductal cell carcinoma of the pancreas. An update.
abstract: Forty-eight patients with ductal cell carcinoma of the pancreas underwent total pancreatectomy. During 1970-1976, there were four deaths (a mortality of 18%). During the last twenty-eight operations (1977-1986), there were no hospital deaths. Seventeen per cent of the patients suffered intraoperative complications involving the mesenteric vessels. Twenty-seven per cent suffered postoperative complications. Twenty-five per cent of the patients left the hospital within 2 weeks, 50% left within 4 weeks, and another 25% remained in the hospital for longer than 4 weeks. Thirty-five per cent of the patients have returned to their preoperative job or similar life activity. Another 35% were able to lead an active life but did not return to regular work, and 30% were to some degree incapacitated by their operative procedure and disease. Twenty-one per cent of the patients lived for 4 years, and 14% survived for 5 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors