Palliative Partial Pancreaticoduodenectomy Impairs Quality of Life Compared to Bypass Surgery in Patients with Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head

J. Walter , A. Nier , T. Rose , J.H. Egberts , C. Schafmayer , T. Kuechler , D.C. Broering , B. Schniewind

Some surgical centres consider palliative resection (PR) to be superior to double loop bypass (DLB) as treatment for advanced carcinoma of the pancreatic head. We performed a retrospective study with prospectively collected data at a single centre to compare PR and DLB in regard to quality of life (QoL).

Mots clés: pancreatic cancer; palliative surgery; palliative resection; double loop bypass; quality of life; European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire core 30; confidence interval; pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy

J. Walter, A. Nier, T. Rose, J.H. Egberts, C. Schafmayer, et al.. Palliative Partial Pancreaticoduodenectomy Impairs Quality of Life Compared to Bypass Surgery in Patients with Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2011, 37 (9), pp.798. ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2011.06.017⟩. ⟨hal-00723457⟩