Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
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Review Meta Analysis
[Survival, mortality and quality of life after pylorus-preserving or classical Whipple operation. A systematic review with meta-analysis].
Two surgical procedures are mainly performed for the treatment of pancreatic head cancer and periampullary carcinoma: the classical Whipple operation and the pylorus-preserving Whipple operation. ⋯ Mortality, survival and QoL were not significantly different between the classical Whipple and the pylorus-preserving Whipple operations. Given the poor quality of the underlying trials a pragmatic RCT is recommended to prove the findings of this systematic review.