Open AccessSurgical and survival outcomes after robotic and open pancreaticoduodenectomy with positive margins
Author(s) -
Po-Ying Lee,
BorUei Shyr,
BorShiuan Shyr,
ShihChin Chen,
YiMing Shyr,
ShinE Wang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000558
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , gastric emptying , surgery , carcinoembryonic antigen , pancreas , resection , cancer , stomach
Though nowadays a palliative pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) can be performed safely with relatively low mortality and acceptable morbidity rates in experienced centers, there have been no studies on the routine use of a palliative PD or on the advantages of performing surgical resection as a debulking procedure. Furthermore, the impact of resection margins on survival outcomes has been a matter of controversy. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the role of robotic PD (RPD) in pancreatic and periampullary adenocarcinomas with positive resection margins.