[Partial pancreatectomy in modern surgical practice]

In modern surgery, the pancrectomy is an operation indicated in a wide number of cases. Indications for such a procedure that were once limited to malignant lesions of the papilla of vater and the head of the pancreas now include chronic pancreatitis, some benign lesions of the duodenopancreatic area, and serious cases of acute necrotizing pancreatitis. Thanks to Modern surgical technique especially in anesthesia, reanimation, and postoperative care, the mortality rate in the partial pancrectomy is Recured to a rational number. Nonetheless, postoperative exiturs cannot be neglected. As a result it is necessary to consider strict indications for a pancrectomy. Only under such conditions can satisfactory therapeutic results be achieved.