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Revista Colombiana de Cirugía
Print version ISSN 2011-7582On-line version ISSN 2619-6107
Abstract
HOYOS DUQUE, Sergio and GUZMAN LUNA, Carlos. Results of cephalic pancreatoduodenectomy over a three year period at Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2008, vol.23, n.1, pp.12-15. ISSN 2011-7582.
Objective: To determine the epidemiologic and pathological data, and the surgical end results in a series of patients that underwent cephalic pancreatoduodenectomy over a three year period at a referral center for hepatobiliary-pancreatic diseases and liver transplantation in the city of Medellín, Colombia. Methods: Information was collected in a prospective manner from the data base of the Unit of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery at our institution. Results: Nineteen patients, 31.5% male and 68.5% female, were subjected to cephalic pancreatoduodenectomy with curative intention in the period January 2002 trough December 2006. Main indication was carcinoma of the head of the pancreas (36.8%), followed by ampullary carcinoma (21%), and neoplasms of the biliary tract and duodenum (10.5%). Morbidity rate was 47.3% and mortality rate 15%. Overall actuarial survival was 57.8%, and one-year survival was 68.5%. Discussion: cepahalic pancreatoduodenectomy is major surgical procedure, which when performed at referral center can achieve morbidity and mortality rates similar to those reported in the world literature.
Keywords : pancreatic neoplasms; ampulla of vater; common bile duct; pancreatectomy; mortality rate.