title: Periampullary tumors: which ones should be resected?
abstract: Resection was carried out in 118 patients for periampullary lesions. Ninety-eight of these were adenocarcinomas and were treated by the Whipple operation, total pancreatectomy, or local resection (87 patients, 7 patients, and 4 patients, respectively). Diagnosis of pancreatic head carcinoma before resection was falsely positive in 27 percent of the patients. Mortality for radical resection was 4 percent. Five year survival for ampullary carcinoma was 32 percent, and for pancreatic head carcinoma it was 7 percent. Resection of all periampullary tumors is recommended, with the Whipple operation being the standard in most cases.
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000601:surgery; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology