[Extended gastropancreatoduodenal resection (GPDR)]

The authors for the first time in Russia have begun serial performance of the extended GPDR. The operations were accompanied by careful morphological investigations of the removed organs and tissues. It was established that in all patients with exocrine cancer of head of the pancreas the tumor growth extended the region of the regional lymph nodes, i.e. standard GPDR in these patients oncologically could not be considered as adequate operation. Further performance of GPDR for pancreatic head exocrine cancer will expand knowledge about metastatic spread and will open opportunities to improve long-term survival of the patients with exocrine cancer of the head of the pancreas.