Table 2.

Pathological characteristics

	PD with meso-caval shunt (n = 8)
Diagonosis (%)
Ampulla	1 (12.5)
Pancreatic head carcinoma	8 (87.5)
Maximal diameter of the tumor (mean ± SD, cm)	3.73 ± 0.74
Degree of histological differentiation (%)
Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma	5 (62.5)
Moderately-poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma	2 (25)
Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma	1(12.5)
Pathological T stage (%)
T2	4 (50)
T3	4 (50)
Pathological N stage (%)
N0	3 (37.5)
N1-2	5 (62.5)
Harvested lymph nodes (mean ± SD)	26 ± 11.2
Negative margin resection, R0 (%)	8 (100)