Wertigkeit der präoperativen Diagnostik zur Beurteilung der Tumorausdehnung bei ductalen Pankreascarcinomen

✍ Scribed by Th. Böttger; W. Weber; Ch. Gaedertz; J. Zech; Th. Junginger

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 587 KB
• Volume: 375
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1435-2451
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00186118

✦ Synopsis

Value of preoperative diagnostic measures for evaluating the extension of ductal pancreatic carcinomas

Summary. The value of preoperative diagnostics in evaluating the extension of pancreatic carcinoma can be important in some cases for planning its therapy. In ca. 90% of our own patient material only the combination of angiography and computed tomography allowed a correct decision regarding tumor invasion of the vessels. Retrospectively metastases of the liver were seen in 80% and prospectively in 66.7% (sonography), respectively 58.3% (computed tomography) with a specifity of 86.9% respectively 91.3%. These results support our procedure of performing preoperative diagnostics in order to evaluate local operability and resectability only in patients with bad physical condition.