Abstract

ELIZONDO- MARIN, Alejandra; VEGA- VEGA, Marlen  and  ORLICH- CARRANZA, Claudio. Pancreatoduodenectomía con preservación de píloro: Experiencia de 5 casos HSJD. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2005, vol.47, n.1, pp.47-50. ISSN 0001-6002.

Pancreatoduodenectomy was first introduced by Kaush in 1912 and popularized by Whipple in 1935. This procedure has gained increased utilization in recent years and it has proven to be an appropiate option in selected patients with periampullary and pancreatic cancer. The preservation of the antrum and the pylorus is the result of an effort to reduce complications associated with the standard procedure, restoring the alimentary tract in a more physiological way. Whether it should be used in patients with pancreatic cancer is still controversial. The purpose of this study is to retrospectively review 5 patients with pancreatic or periampullary cancer who underwent a pylorus preserving pancreatoduodenectomy in our institution during the first 4 months of 2003.

Keywords : Pancreatoduodenectomía; periampular; Whipple; píloro.