Hepato Gastroenterol
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Hepato Gastroenterol · Sep 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialPancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic head cancer: PPPD versus Whipple procedure.
Resectable carcinoma of the head of the pancreas can be treated with either standard (the Whipple) or pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPPD). Only a few reports compared the differences between these two procedures. ⋯ There was no significant difference between the Whipple procedure and PPPD for the treatment of pancreatic head cancer in terms of operating time, blood loss, operative mortality and long-term survival. But delayed gastric emptying was more frequently encountered in PPPD than in the Whipple procedure.