• DOI:10.1097/SLA.0b013e31823ac299
Corpus ID: 42685174

Arterial Resection During Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

@article{Mollberg2011ArterialRD,
  title={Arterial Resection During Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis},
  author={N. Mollberg and N. Rahbari and M. Koch and W. Hartwig and Yumiko E. Hoeger and M. B{\"u}chler and J. Weitz},
  journal={Annals of Surgery},
  year={2011},
  volume={254},
  pages={882–893}
}

• N. Mollberg, N. Rahbari, +4 authors J. Weitz
• Published 2011
• Medicine
• Annals of Surgery

Background:The majority of pancreatic cancers are diagnosed at an advanced stage. As surgical resection remains the only hope for cure, more aggressive surgical approaches have been advocated to increase resection rates. Institutions have begun to release data on their experience with pancreatectomy and simultaneous arterial resection (AR), which has traditionally been considered a general contraindication to resection. The aim of the present meta-analysis was to evaluate the perioperative and… Expand

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