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. 1989 Apr;209(4):405–410. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198904000-00003

Total pancreatectomy for ductal cell carcinoma of the pancreas. An update.

J R Brooks 1, D C Brooks 1, J D Levine 1
PMCID: PMC1493970  PMID: 2539061

Abstract

Forty-eight patients with ductal cell carcinoma of the pancreas underwent total pancreatectomy. During 1970-1976, there were four deaths (a mortality of 18%). During the last twenty-eight operations (1977-1986), there were no hospital deaths. Seventeen per cent of the patients suffered intraoperative complications involving the mesenteric vessels. Twenty-seven per cent suffered postoperative complications. Twenty-five per cent of the patients left the hospital within 2 weeks, 50% left within 4 weeks, and another 25% remained in the hospital for longer than 4 weeks. Thirty-five per cent of the patients have returned to their preoperative job or similar life activity. Another 35% were able to lead an active life but did not return to regular work, and 30% were to some degree incapacitated by their operative procedure and disease. Twenty-one per cent of the patients lived for 4 years, and 14% survived for 5 years.

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