Safety and Efficacy of Pancreaticoduodenectomy in Octogenarians

Safety and Efficacy of Pancreaticoduodenectomy in Octogenarians

Backgrounds: Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) remains the only hope of a cure in selected patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC). With an aging population, there will be an increasing number of very elderly patients being diagnosed with PAC of whom a selected proportion would be suitable for PD....

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Main Authors: Yeqian Huang, Ramesh Damodaran Prabha, Terence C. Chua, Jennifer Arena, Krishna Kotecha, Anubhav Mittal, Anthony J. Gill, Jaswinder S. Samra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
whipple
pancreaticodoudenectomy
octogenarian
older
elderly
pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2021.617286/full

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