Robotic approach mitigates the effect of major complications on survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary cancer.

Thiagarajan MeyyappanGreg C WilsonHerbert J ZehMelissa E HoggKenneth K LeeAmer H ZureikatAlessandro Paniccia

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2022)

MCs are associated with worse patient outcomes after OPD but not after RPD. Robotic approach mitigates and possibly abrogates the negative effects of MCs on patient outcomes after PD for malignancy and is associated with improved adjuvant chemotherapy completion rates.

Keyphrases

case report
minimally invasive
robot assisted
radiation induced
risk factors
radiation therapy