CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS: A CLINICAL STUDY BASED ON 84 CASES
Authors: D BIRNBAUM, J KLEEBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 June 1958CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS: A CLINICAL STUDY BASED ON 84 CASESDAVID BIRNBAUM, M.D., JULIUS KLEEBERG, M.D.DAVID BIRNBAUM, M.D., JULIUS KLEEBERG, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-6-1171 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe advances in preoperative care of patients in need of extensive surgery and the more effective means of coping with infection and surgical shock have enabled skilled surgeons to report operative success in malignant disease of the pancreas. However, the operative mortality of duodenopancreatectomy in the hands of most experienced surgeons is still relatively high (Brunschwig, 26%; Waugh, 21%; Cattell, 18.5% and 7.3%).1-3 Long-term results are even more disappointing. 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