title: [Quality of life after duodenopancreatectomy in patients with carcinoma of Vater's ampulla (author's transl)].
abstract: Partial duodenopancreatectomy, which leads to poor long-term results in the treatment of cancer of the head of the pancreas, achieves 5 years survival rates of 30% in cancer of Vater's ampulla. A report is given on 3 patients, who could be cured of a cancer of Vater's ampulla by this procedure for more than 10 or 15 years respectively. The quality of life of these patients is satisfactory. As a late consequence diabetes mellitus occurred in 2 patients.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000601:surgery*; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery*; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life
vernacular_title: Zur Lebensqualität nach partieller Duodenopankreatektomie bei Karzinom der Papilla Vateri.