Laparoscopic Whipple's Operation for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer Invading the Pancreas and Duodenum: a Case Report
- Author:
Chang Min LEE
1
;
Sam Youl YOON
;
Sungsoo PARK
;
Seong Heum PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Gastric cancer; Laparoscopic; Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- MeSH: Duodenum; Head; Pancreas; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Stomach Neoplasms; Surgeons
- From:Journal of Gastric Cancer 2019;19(4):484-492
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Few surgeons have adopted pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer (AGC) invading the pancreas or duodenum because it remains controversial whether its prognostic benefits outweigh the high morbidity rates in such advanced cases. However, recent technical advances have revived diverse surgical procedures in minimally invasive approaches. Inspired by this trend, laparoscopic PD procedures have been performed for AGC in our institute since 2014. We recently performed a laparoscopic Whipple's operation in a case of cT4b gastric cancer with invasion of the pancreatic head and duodenum.
