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Duodenal obstruction in advanced pancreatic carcinoma: how effective is gastroenterostomy in palliation?
J Geoghegan1, P V Delaney, T J Egan
1Department of Surgery, Limerick Regional Hospital, Dooradoyle, Republic of Ireland.
Irish Journal of Medical Science
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
Gastro-enterostomy produces variable and often disappointing results in the management of duodenal obstruction due to advanced pancreatic carcinoma. In a series of 51 patients who had palliative surgery for carcinoma of the pancreas five required a gastro-enterostomy. Three of these subsequently had difficulty with gastric emptying. The problem of gastro-enterostomy failure in palliation of pancreatic carcinoma is discussed.