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[Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Preoperative staging]
J M Weerts1, B Dallemagne, J M Dewandre
1Service de Chirurgie digestive et endocrine, Les Cliniques Saint-Joseph, Liège.
Revue Medicale De Liege
|April 19, 2000
Abstract:
The authors assess the value of laparoscopy in the preoperative staging of the adenocarcinoma of the pancreas to prevent unnecessary pancreatic resections in a disseminated disease. By laparoscopy, a macroscopic evaluation, a peroperative liver and pancreas ultrasonography as well as biopsies are possible and are more accurate in assessing the extent of the disease than other means.