Open AccessShort- and long-term outcomes of pancreaticoduodenectomy in elderly patients with periampullary cancer
Author(s) -
Jae Seung Kang,
Hongbeom Kim,
Jae Ri Kim,
Youngmin Han,
Eun-Jung Kim,
Yoonhyeong Byun,
Yoo Jin Choi,
Wooil Kwon,
Jin Young Jang,
Sun Whe Kim
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of surgical treatment and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2288-6796
pISSN - 2288-6575
DOI - 10.4174/astr.2020.98.1.7
Subject(s) - periampullary cancer , medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , statistical significance , intensive care unit , complication , cancer , pancreatic cancer , surgery , pancreas
Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is recently performed in older cancer patients. The complication rate of PD is high. The present study was to compare the postoperative short- and long-term outcomes of PD in between older patients and younger patients.