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Modified Single-Loop Reconstruction for Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Published on: September 28, 2019
Pacreaticoduodenectomy
Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics
|October 1, 1978
Abstract:
Pancreaticoduodenectomy, the Whipple operation, is a reasonable operation for carcinoma if used in the absence of distant metastases or regional spread to vital structures. It can be performed with an acceptable in-hospital mortality. It is primarily a palliative surgical procedure. Occasionally, a patient will survive more than five years. At times, the operation is fully justified or cannot be avoided for nonmalignant conditions.
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