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Long‐term follow‐up of 24 patients undergoing radical resection for ampullary carcinoma, 1953 to 1988
Author(s) -
Shutze William P.,
Sack Jonathan,
Aldrete Joaquin S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19901015)66:8<1717::aid-cncr2820660811>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , ampulla of vater , survival rate , surgery , adenocarcinoma , mortality rate , carcinoma , cancer , resection
Potentially curative radical pancreaticoduodenectomy for ampullary adenocarcinoma was performed in 24 patients over a 35‐year period. The overall operative mortality was 12.5%. Actuarial survival rate at 5 years was 61% ± 13.4 standard error of the mean (SEM) and subsequently remained unchanged. In the same time period, 21 patients underwent potentially curative radical pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary tumors of pancreatic origin. Similar analysis showed an overall operative mortality of 23.8% and a survival rate at 5 years of 27% ± 12.5 SEM. The results of radical pancreaticoduodenectomy for ampullary carcinoma in the most recent years (1976 to 1988) were compared with those of former years (1953 to 1975). There were no statistically significant differences in the 5‐year survival rate; however, the operative mortality decreased from 25% in the former period to 6.3% in the recent period. Survival was dependent on nodal status. The 5‐year survival rate was 78% ± 11.5 SEM in the absence of nodal metastasis versus 50% ± 25 SEM in the presence of regional nodal metastasis. These findings support the concept that radical pancreaticoduodenectomy offers a realistic probability for cure in a selected group of patients with carcinomas of the ampulla of Vater.