Surgical potentialities for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Background/aims: The incidence of pancreatic cancer is rising in all developed countries. The aim of this study is to define the surgical options in the treatment protocols for this disease and to evaluate the effect of radical resections.

Methodology: One hundred ninety six consecutive patients with pancreatic cancer, operated in our department in a 4-year period, were evaluated.

Successful emergency pancreatoduodenectomy in a non-trauma patient.

In the past decades considerable improvements in diagnostic imaging procedures, surgical technique and perioperative intensive care treatment have lead to a significant decrease in perioperative mortality and morbidity after pancreatic resection. This lead to an expansion of the indications for pancreatoduodenectomy. Little data exist in the literature on emergency pancreatoduodenectomy in non-trauma patients.