title: Surgical treatment of malignant tumors of the Oddian region.
abstract: From 1974 through 1984, 24 patients with malignancies of the Oddian region underwent surgery. Four ampullectomies were carried out with one more than 10-year survivor. Nineteen duodenopancreatectomies were performed with no operative mortality, a 21% complication rate and a 4% reoperation rate; mean survival was 42 months; 1-, 3- and 5-year survival was 95%, 53%, and 37% respectively. Nodal metastasis was the major determinant of long-term survival. Duodenopancreatectomy should be considered the operation of choice for malignancies of the Oddian region.
mesh_terms: D002759:Adenoma, Bile Duct / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000601:surgery*; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D009803:Sphincter of Oddi / Q000601:surgery*