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Surgical Tips of Right Posterior Superior Mesenteric Artery Approach for Pancreatoduodenectomy

Pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) is a complex operation, particularly when tumors involve major vessels, including the portal vein and superior mesenteric vein ...

Umeå University, Sweden

Upfront surgery is the standard of care for resectable pancreatic cancer, defined as the absence of or ≤180° tumour contact with the portal/superior mesenteric vein. We hypothesized that portomesenteric venous tumour contact is prognostically unfavourable and aimed to assess whether it is associated with poorer survival compared with no venous contact in resectable head and body pancreatic cancer.

Oskar Franklin

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