title: Venous surgery in resection for abdominal malignancy.
abstract: Vascular surgical techniques were applied to the radical resection of carcinoma of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas. Distal and proximal portal vein reconstruction, respectively, was carried out in 16 patients with carcinoma of the pancreas and 16 with cancer of the liver and biliary tract. Hepatic vein trunks with tumour involvement were resected and reconstructed by various techniques in six patients. A suprarenal segment of the inferior vena cava was completely replaced by a prosthetic graft in three patients with retroperitoneal malignancy. Venous surgery increased the resectability of malignant tumours and preserved circulation in the organ remnant, although the long-term effect on survival is not yet clear. Vascular surgical techniques should be applied more widely in the field of general abdominal surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene