Nationwide outcomes in patients undergoing surgical exploration without resection for pancreatic cancer.
Lydia G M van der GeestV E P P LemmensI H J T de HinghC J H M van LaarhovenT L BollenC Y NioC H J van EijckO R C BuschM G Besselinknull nullPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2017)
Exploration and resection rates increased, but one-third of patients who had surgical exploration for pancreatic cancer did not undergo resection. Non-resectional surgery doubled the 30-day mortality rate compared with that in patients undergoing tumour resection.