Introduction: Recent developments have enabled associate to standard pancreaticoduodenectomy (DPC), vascular resections to increase resectability in pancreatic cancer. Objectives: Analyze morbidity, mortality and survival of a consecutive series of patients with pancreatic cancer, in which a DPC with portal vein resection was performed, and compared it with a group of patients with standard DPC without venous resection. Methodology: Consecutive series of 67 patients who underwent a DPC ought to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, between January 2005 and January 2015. Results: Standard resection (RV-) was performed in 49 cases, and a venous resection in another 18 patients (RV+). There were no significant differences in age (65 vs 68.9 years), ASA, or intraoperative transfusion. Duration of intervention was significantly lower in the RV- group (6.1 vs 6.7; p = 0.05). Morbidity grade III -IV was 14.2 % Clavien in the RV- group and 16.6 % in the RV + group (p = 0.87). There were no differences in hospital mortality (0 % vs 5.5%), or hospital stay (14.4 vs 15.2 days). The surgical margin involvement was more frequent in the RV+ group (18 % vs 50 % ; p = 0.003). One, 3 and 5 years survival was 77, 34 and 11% in the RV- group and 92, 23 and 8% in the group with venous resection. Conclusions: DPC with venous resection can be performed with morbidity and mortality rates similar to standard DPC1. Survival shows no significant difference between the two groups.Venous resection may increase resectability in a selected group of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
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