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Malignant tumors of the body and tail of the pancreas account for about 20% of all malignant tumors of the pancreas. The early clinical symptoms of the tumors are mainly abdominal and back pain and weight loss. The symptoms and signs are not obvious or specific. At the time of consultation, the tumors often metastasize and invade the main peripancreatic vessels, which mainly include the abdominal trunk, the common hepatic artery, and the splenic artery and vein, etc. The resectability rate of these tumors is low. The 2-year survival rate was only 10%, the median survival time was 9.8 months, and the prognosis was very poor [1]. In the past, it was considered that the tumors invaded the abdominal trunk could not be resected. But with the advancement of pancreatic surgery technology, the modified Appleby operation was applied to the treatment of pancreatic body and tail malignant tumors invading the common hepatic artery and abdominal trunk, which provided patients with the opportunity of operation, improved the resection rate of R0, effectively prolonged the survival time of patients, and improved the quality of life of patients.
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Zhang, QF. (2020). Modified Appleby Operation for Advanced Malignant Tumors of the Body and Tail of the Pancreas. In: Liu, Yb. (eds) Surgical Atlas of Pancreatic Cancer. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9864-4_9
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