Successful conversion surgery of distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection (DP-CAR) with double arterial reconstruction using saphenous vein grafting for locally advanced pancreatic cancer: a case report.
Yoshiki MuraseDaisuke BanAya MaekawaShuichi WatanabeYoshiya IshikawaKeiichi AkahoshiKosuke OgawaHiroaki OnoAtsushi KudoToshifumi KudoShinji TanakaMinoru TanabePublished in: Surgical case reports (2020)
For locally advanced pancreatic cancer, multidisciplinary treatment combining gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel-based chemoradiotherapy and then DP-CAR surgery with gastroduodenal artery resection and arterial reconstruction using saphenous vein grafting enabled R0 resection in this patient and led to a favorable long-term prognosis.