Cavernous transformation of the portal vein in pancreatic cancer surgery: venous bypass graft first

In recent years, several techniques have been introduced to allow safe oncologic resections of cancers of the pancreatic head. While resections of the mesenterico-portal axis became now a part of the routine treatment, patients with a cavernous transformation of the portal vein still pose a surgical...

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Main Authors: Schmidt, Thomas (Author) , Strobel, Oliver (Author) , Schneider, Martin (Author) , Diener, Markus K. (Author) , Berchtold, Christoph (Author) , Mihaljevic, André Leopold (Author) , Mehrabi, Arianeb (Author) , Müller, Beat P. (Author) , Hackert, Thilo (Author) , Büchler, Markus W. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 11 September 2020
In: Langenbeck's archives of surgery
Year: 2020, Volume: 405, Issue: 7, Pages: 1045-1050
ISSN:1435-2451
DOI:10.1007/s00423-020-01974-0
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-020-01974-0
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Author Notes:Thomas Schmidt, Oliver Strobel, Martin Schneider, Markus K. Diener, Christoph Berchtold, André L. Mihaljevic, Arianeb Mehrabi, Beat P. Müller-Stich, Thilo Hackert, Markus W. Büchler
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Summary:In recent years, several techniques have been introduced to allow safe oncologic resections of cancers of the pancreatic head. While resections of the mesenterico-portal axis became now a part of the routine treatment, patients with a cavernous transformation of the portal vein still pose a surgical challenge and are regularly deemed unresectable.
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ISSN:1435-2451
DOI:10.1007/s00423-020-01974-0