[Surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer]

An experience with 16 radical operations for cancer of the pancreatic body and tail is analysed. The increased resectability and reduced mortality was gained by elaborating and introducing into clinical practice some new original methods of surgery: an extensive left-sided resection of the pancreas, performed in 5 patients with one case of mortality, and the combined left-sided pancreatectomy, performed in 3 patients without lethal issues. A 3-year survival was noted in 3 patients, a 5-year survival--in 1.