Standardized concepts of extended and radical surgical resection can reduce the occurrence of local recurrences and improve overall survival in patients suffering gastrointestinal malignancies. This holds particularly true for tumors hallmarked by …

Recently, the surgical technique for pancreatectomy has improved; however, pancreatectomy is associated with many complications postsurgery [ 1 – 4 ]. Although the frequency of postpancreatectomy hemorrhage (PPH) is not high, it results in severe …

Recent trials investigating the multimodal treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) have resulted in a 5-year survival of 40% if complete surgical tumour resection (R0) is achieved and the operation is followed by adjuvant …