Vascular resection in pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary cancers. A 10 year retrospective cohort study.

Background: Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is the only chance of cure for periampullary cancers. This study aims to evaluate survival and complication rates for PD with additional vascular resection performed for local vascular involvement and compare to standard PD.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis of a departmental hepato-pancreatobiliary database from 2004 to 2014 was performed.