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Pylorus‐preserving pancreatoduodenectomy is applicable to patients with carcinoma of the head of the pancreas: Studies of lymph node metastasis and quality of life
Author(s) -
Shimizu Yasuhiro,
Nimura Yuji,
Kamiya Junichi,
Kondo Satoshi,
Nagino Masato,
Kanai Michio,
Miyachi Masahiko,
Kobayashi Ichiro
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of hepato‐biliary‐pancreatic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1868-6982
pISSN - 0944-1166
DOI - 10.1007/bf02348741
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreas , lymph , lymph node , pylorus , pancreaticoduodenectomy , carcinoma , stomach , dissection (medical) , metastasis , gastroenterology , general surgery , surgery , cancer , pathology
Metastases to the regional lymph nodes of the stomach were studied in patients in whom carcinoma of the head of the pancreas had been resected (51 standard pancreatoduodenectomy and 26 total pancreatectomy). Involvement of gastric lymph nodes was rare (1.3%–3.9%), except of the subpyloric lymph nodes (9.1%). Carcinoma in the five patients with positive gastric lymph nodes, with the exception of the subpyloric nodes, was clinically far advanced: four of the five had liver metastasis or peritoneal dissemination. This suggests that, in terms of preservation of the regional gastric lymph nodes, only subpyloric node involvement has any significance with respect to surgical treatment of carcinoma of the head of the pancreas. There was no significant difference in survival rates after curative resection between standard pancreatoduodenectomy ( n =44) and pylorus‐preserving pancreatoduodenectomy ( n =17). In the patients who underwent the pylorus‐preserving pancreatoduodenectomy for various kinds of periampullary diseases ( n =47), postoperative recovery of gastric and small bowel function was temporarily prolonged compared to that after shandard pancreatoduodenectomy ( n =44). However, the former group were able to take significantly more calories 6 weeks after the operation. Our study indicates that the pylorus‐preserving pancreatoduodenectomy with subpyloric lymph node dissection is applicable to the treatment of patients with carcinoma of the head of the pancreas from the viewpoints of both extent of operation and quality of life.