title: [En bloc vein resection in the treatment of pancreatic tumors adherent to the superior mesenteric-portal vein confluence].
abstract: Contraindication is often considered to pancreaticoduodenectomy for patients with malignant tumors of the pancreatic head. From 1989 through 1995, 15 patients with tumors of the pancreatic head adherent to the superior mesenteric-portal vein confluence (SMPV) underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy with en bloc resection of SMPV. There was no perioperative mortality. Follow-up data showed a mean survival of 17.1 months among 7 deaths, which was significantly longer than an average of 3.8 months among previous 17 patients who abandoned radical resection (P < 0.001). We consider that pancreaticoduodenectomy with en bloc resection of SMPV is feasible in some cases.
authors.affiliation: Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Zhejiang Medical University.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000379:methods; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate