The records of 72 consecutive patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer treated between 1974 and 1986 were evaluated to determine whether gastroenterostomy should be performed on a routine basis at initial intervention or on a therapeutic basis. Fourteen patients underwent an explorative laparoto
Evaluation of palliative surgical procedures in unresectable pancreatic cancer
β Scribed by P. D. de Rooij; M. F. Brennan; A. Rogatko
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 634 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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