Current surgical management of cancer of the ampulla of Vater]
Nihon Geka Gakkai zasshi(2014)
Abstract
Pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) is the standard radical treatment for cancer of the ampulla of Vater. Among patients we have treated in whom lymph node metastasis of cancer of the ampulla of Vater occurred, more positive lymph nodes surrounding the superior mesenteric artery were seen in one (patient No. 14), whereas more positive lymph nodes surrounding the anterior and posterior pancreas head were seen in another (No. 13). Six patients with lymph node metastasis achieved long-term survival after PD with lymph node dissection. This appears to be an adequate surgical treatment for cancer of the ampulla of Vater. From the viewpoint of radical treatment, local resection (LR) of the ampulla of Vater cannot be selected as a less-invasive procedure. However, LR of the ampulla of Vater can be performed in very elderly patients and patients in poor general condition for whom PD is considered excessively invasive due to small tumor size.
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Key words
ampulla,vater,current surgical management,surgical management,cancer
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