title: [Risk and follow-up after multi-visceral resections including the left side of the pancreas].
abstract: Aim of this study was to analyze the operative risk of multivisceral resection including the left side of the pancreas. Between September 1 th, 1985 and May 31 th, 1994 18 multivisceral resections including the left side of the pancreas and 8 left-sided pancreatic resections were performed at the University Hospital for General and Abdominal Surgery, Mainz. Postoperatively 5 of the 18 patients with multivisceral resections and 3 of the 8 patients with left-sided pancreatic resections developed minor complications (wound infections, pneumonia). One insufficiency of an esophagojejunostomy was seen. One patient died after gastrectomy and left-sided pancreatic resection due to a pneumonia. In this case the operation was performed after substitution of 22 red cell packs under emergency conditions because of an infiltration of the splenic artery by a lymphoma of the stomach. The best prognosis had patients with neuroendocrine tumors. These results show that in case of an elective operation the risk of multi-visceral resections including the left side of the pancreas is comparable to that of left-sided pancreatic resections alone.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemein- und Abdominalchirurgie, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Böttger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boddin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heintz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Junginger
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate