title: Portal vein resection in pancreatic head carcinoma. Part 2: Clinical significance.
abstract: The prognosis of pancreatic carcinoma remains poor. Surgical resection provides the only chance for cure. Prognostic factors and survival are similar between patients who underwent portal vein resection compared with standard resection. Isolated portal vein involvement should not be a contraindication for pancreatic resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Angers University Hospital, 4 rue Larrey, 49000 Angers, France.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tuech
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pessaux
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Arnaud
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate