title: Surgery of the pancreas.
abstract: The author deal with the surgery of diseases of the pancreas in this article. On the basis of the literature, timing of operation, surgical procedures in acute pancreatitis are discussed. In chronic pancreatitis, results of different decompression operations, resection of the pancreas and endoscopic biliary stenting are evaluated. Regarding the carcinoma of the pancreas, operative methods and factors of survival are the most important questions.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Surgery, University Medical School of Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sápy
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004724:Endoscopy; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D006801:Humans; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D015996:Survival Rate