Surgical Treatment Of Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is recognized as one of the tumors with the worst prognosis, the mortality rate is high, almost 100%. Its incidence is rising every year,and has become one of the major diseases affecting human health. Surgery is still the main treatment of pancreatic cancer,and the surgical resection is the only possible ways of cure. The history of surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer has been over one hundred years. on the basis of the classic pancreaticoduodenectomy and pancreatosplenectomy , there developed function retained operation and extended resection. Palliative operations for pancreatic cancer include gastrointestinal anastomosis, gast roycjunostomy and so on. Laparoscopic is applied in the surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic fistula is the most serious complications of pancreatic cancer after surgery.Other complications include bleeding, biliary fistula, infection, etc.We make an overview for the development of surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer.