Outcome of Pancreatic Stump Closure Following Resection of Tumors of the Head of the Pancreas.

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pancreatic Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00419614

PancStumpHYMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chart review evaluating outcome of patients in whom following resection of a tumor involving the head of the pancreas no anastomosis of the pancreatic stump was done to the gastrointestinal tract.

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pathologically proven carcinoma of the head of pancreas or other periampullary carcinoma treated by pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy for other indications (i.e. trauma)
• Charts not available for review.