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Pancreaticoduodenectomy due to cancer in the elderly
J L Aguayo1, D A Martínez, B Flores
1Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital General Universitario J. M. Morales Meseguer, Murcia.
Revista Espanola De Enfermedades Digestivas
|November 24, 1998
Abstract:
The elderly have traditionally been excluded from pancreaticoduodenectomy due to the high morbimortality of this procedure. Six cases of pancreaticoduodenectomy) 5 cephalic and 1 total) for periampullary tumors in patients over 70 are reported. There was no mortality. We conclude that, in selected cases, pancreaticoduodenectomy can be performed safely in the elderly.