Retroperitoneal dissection in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: operative principles and techniques

J Am Coll Surg. 2012 Aug;215(2):e11-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.05.015.

Abstract

Pancreatectomy with aggressive vascular resection is increasingly being recognized as an appropriate treatment strategy for patients with borderline resectable PDAC after administration of chemotherapy and/or chemoradiation. Because tumor downstaging is an uncommon event, both venous and hepatic arterial resection and reconstruction might be necessary to achieve negative surgical margins and the favorable short-term and long-term outcomes we have reported previously. The technical approaches we have described here can be used as a basic foundation for operative safety and efficiency during these challenging operations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / surgery*
  • Female
  • Hepatic Artery / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / surgery*
  • Mesenteric Veins / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Pancreaticoduodenectomy / methods*
  • Portal Vein / surgery*