A retrospective study of carcinoma of the pancreas with special reference to the results of surgical treatment
Bergstrand, O.; Ahlberg, J.; Ewerth, S.; Hellers, G.; Holmström, B.
Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica. Supplementum 482: 26-28
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-1860 PMID: 80089 Document Number: 137891
469 patients treated for carcinoma of the pancreas in the County of Stockholm in 1963--73 were analysed for mean survival time, mean hospital-stay, post-operative complications and mortality. The results of treatment with palliative biliary by-pass procedures and radical surgery were compared. The mean survival time after by-pass operation was 5,7 months and after radical surgery 12,8 months. The mean hospital-stay was 39 and 83 days respectively. The post-operative mortality after palliative biliary by-pass procedures was 16%, and the frequence of major post-operative complications 10%. The corresponding figures after radical surgery were 25% and 30% respectively. Despite the longer survival time, it is doubtful if patients benefit from radical surgery.