Publications by authors named "Lagard S"
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) for patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer and to analyze whether POSSUM can predict the long-term outcome in these patients. Such a scoring system could be useful to aid in the decision between surgical and endoscopic palliation.
Methods: Between January 1993 and December 2004, 241 patients were found to have unresectable pancreatic cancer during exploratory laparotomy and underwent a double bypass procedure consisting of a gastrojejunostomy and a hepaticojejunostomy.