Publications by authors named "Ben C James"
Article Synopsis
- Improvements in pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) outcomes allow for more complex surgeries like multivisceral resection (MVR-PD), which involves removing additional organs but has limited data on associated risks.
- A study using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project database from 2005-2011 compared the 30-day postoperative complications of standard PD to MVR-PD, highlighting that MVR-PD was performed in only 3% of cases and involved resections of the colon, small bowel, and stomach.
- Results showed that MVR-PD had significantly higher mortality (8.8% vs 2.9%) and major morbidity (56.8% vs 30.8%) compared to PD alone
