Sökning: "Pancreatic surgery"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 81 avhandlingar innehållade orden Pancreatic surgery.
1. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors : Surgical Treatment and Follow-up
Sammanfattning : Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (Pan-NET), are rare, heterogenous and derive from the hormone producing cells in the pancreas. The functioning tumors that overproduce hormones cause clinical syndromes with specific symptoms due to the hormonal production. LÄS MER
2. Effects of Pancreatic Surgery : Quality of Life, Cost-effectiveness and Postoperative Results
Sammanfattning : BACKGROUND Pancreatic operations are large procedures with high rates of complications and other potentially impactful consequences such as diabetes and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. Due to this, and due to the fact that the operations are often occasioned by periampullary tumours with a poor prognosis, it is important to evaluate how the operations affect patients in terms of postoperative results and quality of life. LÄS MER
3. Advances in the Perioperative Management of Pancreatic Cancer
Sammanfattning : Surgery is currently the only form of curative treatment for pancreatic cancer, yet five-year survival rates following resection are just 15-20%. Improved hospital care has decreased postoperative mortality to 2% yet morbidity remains high at 50%. Poor survival and high morbidity are driven by several perioperative factors. LÄS MER
4. Pancreatic carcinoma in Malmö, Sweden: Clinical, epidemiological and biochemical aspects
Sammanfattning : The objective of this thesis has been to assess whether there are indications suggesting that new methods for diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic carcinoma (PCa) has been followed by an improved prognosis, and to assess the possible role of smoking and gastric resection in the causation of the disease. Of the 1,200 new cases PCa diagnosed in Sweden yearly, the majority are older than 70 years, the case fatality rate being close to 100%. LÄS MER
5. Acute Occlusion of the Superior Mesenteric Artery : Diagnosis and treatment
Sammanfattning : Acute occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) is a condition associated with high mortality and morbidity. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for acute SMA occlusion. LÄS MER