Radical resection is the only potential cure for pancreatic malignancies and a useful treatment for other benign diseases, such as pancreatitis. Over the last two decades, medical and surgical improvements have drastically changed the postoperative outcome of elderly patients undergoing pancreatic resection, and appropriate treatment for elderly potential candidates for pancreatic resection has become an important issue.

Do not deny pancreatic resection to elderly patients / Ballarin, Roberto; Spaggiari, Mario; Di Benedetto, Fabrizio; Montalti, Roberto; Masetti, Michele; De Ruvo, Nicola; Romano, Antonio; Guerrini, Gian Piero; De Blasiis, Maria Grazia; Gerunda, Giorgio Enrico. - In: JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. - ISSN 1091-255X. - 13:2(2009), p. 341-8. [10.1007/s11605-008-0601-0]

Do not deny pancreatic resection to elderly patients

Montalti, Roberto;
2009

Abstract

Radical resection is the only potential cure for pancreatic malignancies and a useful treatment for other benign diseases, such as pancreatitis. Over the last two decades, medical and surgical improvements have drastically changed the postoperative outcome of elderly patients undergoing pancreatic resection, and appropriate treatment for elderly potential candidates for pancreatic resection has become an important issue.
2009
Do not deny pancreatic resection to elderly patients / Ballarin, Roberto; Spaggiari, Mario; Di Benedetto, Fabrizio; Montalti, Roberto; Masetti, Michele; De Ruvo, Nicola; Romano, Antonio; Guerrini, Gian Piero; De Blasiis, Maria Grazia; Gerunda, Giorgio Enrico. - In: JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. - ISSN 1091-255X. - 13:2(2009), p. 341-8. [10.1007/s11605-008-0601-0]
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11588/759342
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 38
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 34
social impact