Proximal subtotal pancreatectomy as an alternative to total pancreatectomy for malnourished patients

• Published in: Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 51; no. 10; pp. 1619 - 1629
• Main Authors: Nakagawa, Yuki, Kato, Hiroyuki, Maeda, Koki, Noguchi, Daisuke, Gyoten, Kazuyuki, Hayasaki, Aoi, Iizawa, Yusuke, Fujii, Takehiro, Tanemura, Akihiro, Murata, Yasuhiro, Kuriyama, Naohisa, Kishiwada, Masashi, Sakurai, Hiroyuki, Isaji, Shuji, Mizuno, Shugo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cholinesterases; Female; Humans; Hypoglycemia - epidemiology; Hypoglycemia - etiology; Incidence; Lymphocyte Count; Male; Malnutrition - epidemiology; Malnutrition - etiology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Nutrition Assessment; Original Article; Pancreatectomy - adverse effects; Pancreatectomy - methods; Pancreatic Diseases - physiopathology; Pancreatic Diseases - surgery; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Time Factors; Total pancreatectomy; Prognostic nutrition index; Proximal subtotal pancreatectomy

Purpose To investigate whether proximal subtotal pancreatectomy (PSTP) is superior to total pancreatectomy (TP) for preserving postoperative endocrine function, and to identify the pre-operative risk factors influencing prognosis after TP and PSTP. Methods The subjects of this retrospective study we...