title: [Surgical treatment of tumors of the ampulla of Vater by local resection].
abstract: The cases of six patients suffering from Vater's ampulla neoplasia were studied 1981 and 1995. All cases are described both clinically and in terms of diagnostic techniques. All patients underwent a transduodenal excision of the neoplasia. A number of factors provided an indication for ampullectomy: the extremely high surgical risk, the suspected benign nature of the lesion or the very small size of the neoplasm associated with no pre-surgery finding of lymphadenomegaly in the area. The following issues were analysed: the accuracy of results obtained by a correct pre-surgery diagnosis, short and long term complications and mortality related to surgery. All patients received a five years post-surgery follow-up. Results show that the ampullectomy can be considered, in selected cases, as a valuable alternative to pancreatoduodenectomy even if further and wider studies are necessary in order to obtain an accurate definition of the correct pre-surgical diagnostic approach and surgical indications.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale di Desio, MI.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nobili
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Annolfi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cacopardo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Confalonieri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged