Wide Local Excision as an Alternative Treatment for Periampullary Carcinoma |
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| Authors: | Meir Goldberg Oded Zamir Amram Hadary Shemuel Nissan |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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| Abstract: | Wide excision of periampullary carcinoma is associated with low operative morbidity and mortality, but its effect on long-term survival, compared with that of pancreaticoduodenal resection, is controversial. Five patients with periampullary carcinoma were treated with wide local excision as a definitive procedure. There was no operative death, and four patients survived for two or more years following the operation. These patients are presented and the literature is reviewed. |
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