%0 Journal Article
%T Vein resection in patients with adenocarcinoma of the head of pancreas adherent to the portomesenteric venous axis is beneficial despite a high rate of R1 resection
%A Mohamed Rela
%A Mukul Vij
%A Ramkiran Cherukuru
%A Sanjay Govil
%J Archive of "Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery".
%D 2018
%R 10.14701/ahbps.2018.22.3.261
%X En-bloc vein resection (VR) for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) of the head of pancreas adherent to the portomesenteric axis benefits patients when the vein wall is not infiltrated by tumour and an R0 resection is achieved, albeit at the expense of greater morbidity and mortality
%K Pancreatic cancer
%K Vein involvement
%K Borderline resectable
%K Vein resection
%K Survival
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125268/