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Pancreatic Surgery in Chronic Pancreatitis Complicated by Extrahepatic Portal Hypertension or Cavernous Transformation of the Portal Vein: A Systematic Review.

Raquel Latorre FraguaA Manuel VázquezA J López MarcanoL Gijón De La SantaRoberto de la Plaza-LlamasJ M Ramia Ángel
Published in: Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society (2019)
Little is known about the presence of extrahepatic portal hypertension in patients undergoing pancreatic surgery for chronic pancreatitis. More studies are needed in order to standardize criteria for vascular involvement in patients with chronic pancreatitis, in order to select the surgical technique and, if necessary, to establish contraindications, in this subgroup of patients.
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