Conventional partial pancreatoduodenectomy versus an extended pancreatoduodenectomy (triangle operation) for pancreatic head cancers—study protocol for the randomised controlled TRIANGLE trial

Abstract Background Pancreatic ductal carcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth most frequent cause of cancer-related death in the Western world, and its incidence is rising. In patients that undergo curative resection, local recurrence (LR) is frequent. A recently described surgical technique of extended panc...

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Main Authors: Patrick Heger, Thilo Hackert, Markus K. Diener, Manuel Feißt, Christina Klose, Colette Dörr-Harim, Friedhelm Möhlenbrock, Markus W. Büchler, André L. Mihaljevic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-05-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07337-6