Multivisceral resection of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: a report of two cases

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Case Report

Anthony Gill¹  Nicholas Williams²  Justin S Gundara²  Jaswinder S Samra²  Sivakumar Gananadha²  Raul Alvarado-Bachmann²  Thomas J Hugh² 

[1] Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, 2065, St Leonards, NSW, Australia;Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, 2065, St Leonards, NSW, Australia;

关键词: pancreatoduodenectomy;    neuroendocrine;    pNET;    islet cell carcinoma;    GEP-NET;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-9-93

 received in 2011-05-09, accepted in 2011-08-22,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (pNETs) are rare and surgical resection offers the only possibility of cure for localised disease. The role of surgery in the setting of locally advanced and metastatic disease is more controversial. Emerging data suggests that synchronous surgical resection of pancreas and liver may be associated with increased survival. We report two cases of synchronous, one stage multivisceral resections for pNET and associated reconstruction. We highlight the technical issues involved in such extensive resections and demonstrate that one stage multivisceral operations can be achieved safely.

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