title: [2 cases of total duodenopancreatectomy with resection of the portal vein in cancer of the pancreas].
abstract: Two cases of pancreatic cancer with portal vein invasion are presented. In both cases a total duodenopancreatectomy was performed due to the extension of tumour. The portal vein invasion was diagnosed intraoperatively; it was a circular invasion in one case and a lateral invasion in the second case. A segmental resection of the portal vein (2 cm in length) with end-to-end anastomosis was performed in the first case, while a lateral excision with venorrhaphy was sufficient in the second case. The first patient died after six months while the second patient is still alive, without recurrence, at seven months postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Chirurgicală Fundeni, Bucureşti.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Popescu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Braşoveanu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manuc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hortopan
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D013156:Splenectomy