Role of total pancreatectomy in the treatment of patients with end-stage chronic pancreatitis

Forty patients underwent total pancreatoduodenectomy for end‐stage chronic pancreatitis. There were 34 men and six women of median age 39 (range 21–66) years. Alcoholism was the major aetiological agent (30 patients), and five patients had had previous acute idiopathic pancreatitis. The overwhelming...

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