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Portal vein resection in pancreatic head carcinoma. Part 1: Technical considerations
J J Tuech1, P Pessaux, J P Arnaud
1Department of Digestive Surgery, Angers University Hospital, 4 rue Larrey, 49000 Angers, France.
Hepato-Gastroenterology
|July 21, 2001
Abstract:
It has been reported that pancreatic carcinoma invading the superior mesenterico-portal vein confluence can be resected safely. Numerous techniques have been described for portal vein reconstruction, these procedures are described and discussed by the authors.