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Pancreatic Surgery: Key Question
Among patients who have resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma with venous or arterial involvement, does performing a pancreatectomy with vascular resection and reconstruction result in better survival outcomes than performing an R2 resection or aborting surgery?
INTRODUCTION
First described in 19511 and later conceptualized as an “extended Whipple procedure,”2,3 vascular resection and reconstruction (VR) at pancreatectomy for cancer has been an area of considerable interest. Authors of singleand multiple-institution reports and of large database analyses have described a significant experience with pancreatectomy with and without resection of the portal vein, superior mesenteric vein, hepatic artery, and occasionally superior mesenteric artery. Despite these studies, the extent to which VR at pancreatectomy improves survival outcomes in patients who have resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma with venous or arterial involvement remains unknown. The current review seeks to answer the following question, to the extent that the data can be extracted from the literature and compared: Among patients who have resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma with venous or arterial involvement, does performing a pancreatectomy VR/reconstruction result in better survival outcomes than performing an R2 resection or aborting surgery?
For clarity and comparability, we have focused on survival as the oncologic metric of interest. Other important metrics include margin status, perioperative morbidity, and the ability to receive adjuvant therapy, insofar as they are associated with overall survival. Although they are beyond the scope of the review, performance status and quality of life, which are increasingly studied outcome measures, may also add additional insight to future investigations and are particularly important in the design of clinical trials. Other issues that are related to the care of patients undergoing planned pancreatectomy, such as whether adjuvant treatments should be given before or after surgery, are beyond the scope of this review but are important considerations when determining whether patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma with apparent vascular involvement are candidates for pancreatectomy.
METHODOLOGY
Two authors independently performed an organized search of PubMed for English language articles with abstracts published from January 1990 through March 2014. Keyword combinations included “vascular resection” plus “pancreatectomy”; “vascular resection” plus “pancreatic cancer”; (“margin status” or “positive margin” or “R1” or “R2”) plus “pancreatic cancer” plus “survival”; and (“locally unresectable” or “borderline”) plus “pancreatic cancer” plus “survival.”
P.199 The initial search yielded 1,045 unique articles. Of these articles, 849 review articles, duplicate series, and technique-focused papers were excluded based on a review of the title and brief review of the abstract because they did not meet the inclusion criteria. The remaining 196 abstracts were reviewed in detail by both authors independently, and an additional 164 abstracts were excluded because the study did not address the clinical question of interest. Thus, both investigators reviewed 32 full-text articles independently. Of these 32 articles, 16 were excluded because they were small series, had inadequate survival data, had no data for patients who did or did not undergo VR at pancreatectomy, or had inadequate follow-up; the final 16 articles were then selected that were used for the complete
review of the data (Fig. 13-4).4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 Each article was
P.200 then reviewed by both authors and assigned a strength of recommendation based on the Grades of Recommendation, Assessment,
Development, and Evaluation system.20
FIGURE 13-4 CONSORT diagram.
FINDINGS
The reviewed papers are listed in Table 13-1. No randomized studies have compared survival outcomes in patients with vascular involvement by tumor following pancreatectomy with and without VR. Most of the reviewed articles are retrospective reports describing one institution’s experience with pancreatectomy with VR over time; some of these articles include comparison groups of patients who underwent non-VR pancreatectomies. A few studies compared the outcomes of patients who underwent VR with those of patients in whom surgery was aborted or patients who received palliative surgery. Because no papers specifically compared survival data for the three pancreatectomy groups of interest—patients who underwent VR, patients who underwent R2 resection, and patients in whom surgery was aborted—some relatively high-quality studies that analyzed the survival outcomes of one or two of these three groups were included in the review for the purpose of comparison.
Survival Following Pancreatectomy with VR versus that Following Pancreatectomy without VR
The overall theme of the larger, more recent series is the comparison of outcomes of pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients who undergo VR at pancreatectomy with those who do not undergo VR at such operations. Although there is some patient heterogeneity in these series, they tend to advance the concept that, compared with patients who do not undergo VR, those who do undergo VR potentially
have more morbidity and have survival outcomes that are moderately worse,9,13 or similar,15 after multivariable adjustment.5,8 In the fulltext articles, the median survival time after pancreatectomy with portal vein/superior mesenteric vein VR for pancreatic adenocarcinoma
ranges from 10 to 23 months.4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,18 Analyses of outcomes following arterial resections were limited by small sample sizes but suggested that the outcomes of patients who undergo arterial resection at pancreatectomy are worse than those of patients
who undergo portal vein/superior mesenteric vein resection only at the time of surgery.4,10
Survival Following Pancreatectomy with VR versus that Following R2 Resection
In determining resectability, whether before or during surgery, surgical oncologists must weigh the value of performing a VR to obtain negative or at least grossly negative (R0/R1) margins against that of not performing VR and instead obtaining a grossly positive
margin.21 One difficulty in directly comparing the evidence for these two approaches is the rarity with which R2 margins are identified and survival data for R2 resection patients are reported in the literature. In fact, some studies have deliberately excluded R2 patients from
their analyses of survival data.14 In addition, in studies using larger or older data sets, patients considered to have undergone an R1 resection may include patients whose surgery, given either additional surgeon input in the form
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TABLE 13-1 Studies Assessing Overall Survival of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Patients Technically Undergoing Pancreatectomy with or without Vascular Resection
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Survival |
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After |
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Survival |
Palliative |
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After |
or |
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Study |
No. of |
Survival |
R1/R2 |
Aborted |
Evidence |
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Author, Year |
Design |
Patients |
After VR |
Resection |
Surgery |
Grade |
Comments |
Bachellier et |
Retrospective |
87 (21 VR |
1-year OS |
2-year |
N/A |
1C |
|
al, 2001 |
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[PV/SMV], |
rate, 53.6%; |
survival |
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66 no VR) |
2-year OS |
rate, 0% |
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rate, 21.5% |
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Tseng et al, |
Retrospective |
291 (110 |
Median OS |
Median |
N/A |
1C |
70%-75% of |
2004 |
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VR [100 |
duration, |
OS |
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patients |
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PV/SMV, |
23.4 months |
duration, |
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received |
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including 3 |
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21.4 |
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neoadjuvant |
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HA and 1 |
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months |
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therapy. |
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IVC; 8 HA |
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(R1 only) |
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only; 2 IVC |
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only]; 181 |
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no VR) |
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Nakoa et al, |
Retrospective |
289 (201 |
Median OS |
N/A |
Median |
2C |
KM curves |
2006 |
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VR [186 |
duration, ˜10 |
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OS |
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were used for |
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PV only]) |
months |
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duration, |
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survival |
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˜4 months |
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estimates. |
Shimada et |
Retrospective |
149 (86 VR |
Median OS |
Median |
N/A |
2C |
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al, 2006 |
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[PV]) |
duration, 14 |
OS |
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months |
duration, |
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12 months |
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(R1 only) |
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Yekebas et |
Retrospective |
482 (100 |
Median OS |
N/A |
N/A |
2C |
Survival |
al, 2008 |
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VR [92 PV, |
duration, 15 |
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stratified by |
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including 5 |
months |
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histopathologic |
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HA; 8 HA |
(histopath+); |
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venous |
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only], 382 |
2-year OS |
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invasion. |
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no VR) |
rate, 33.7% |
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(histopath+), |
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41.1% |
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(histopath |
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+/−) |
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Abramson et |
Literature |
Pooled |
1-year OS |
1-year OS, |
N/A |
N/A |
This was a |
al, 2008 |
review |
analysis of |
rate, 55% |
39% (DA |
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literature |
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studies |
(DA model), |
model), |
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review and DA |
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reviewing |
53%-62% |
34% |
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only; no |
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a total of |
(weighted in |
(weighted |
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primary data |
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1324 |
lit review) |
in lit |
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were available. |
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patients |
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review) |
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undergoing |
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PD with |
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VR |
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Bilimoria et al, |
Retrospective; |
N/A |
N/A |
5-year OS |
N/A |
N/A |
This study |
2008 |
NCDB |
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rate, |
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included |
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17.0% |
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background |
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(R0), 7.7% |
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data for |
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(R1), 7.1% |
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survival after |
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(R2); |
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R1 or R2 |
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median |
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resection. |
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OS |
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duration, |
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16.7 |
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months |
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(R0), 12.3 |
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months |
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(R1), 11.9 |
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months |
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(R2) |
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Muller et al, |
Retrospective |
488 (110 |
Median OS |
No |
N/A |
2C |
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2009 |
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VR |
duration, |
survival |
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[PV/SMV]) |
14.5 |
difference |
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months; 1-, |
R0 vs. R1 |
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2-, and 3- |
(P = .26) |
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year OS |
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rates, |
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55.2%, |
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23.1%, and |
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14.4%, |
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respectively |
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Toomey et al, |
Retrospective |
220 (48 VR |
Median OS |
Median |
N/A |
2C |
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2009 |
|
[PV/SMV]) |
duration, 18 |
OS |
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months (R0, |
duration, |
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20 months) |
15 months |
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(VR), 13 |
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months |
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(no VR; R1 |
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only) |
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Kaneoka et |
Retrospective |
84 (42 VR |
Median OS |
|
R2 |
2C |
This was a |
al, 2009 |
|
[PV/SMV]) |
duration, 12 |
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excluded |
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small study; |
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months (20 |
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the average |
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with R0 VR); |
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number of PDs |
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5-year OS |
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performed per |
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rate, 17% |
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year for cancer |
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(23% with |
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was 8.6. R1 |
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R0 VR) |
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survival data |
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were not |
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separately |
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assessed. |
Ouaissi et al, |
Retrospective |
149 (67 VR |
Median OS |
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N/A |
2C |
R1 survival |
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2010 |
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[59 |
duration, |
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data were not |
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PV/SMV; 8 |
17.5 months |
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separately |
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HA]) |
(PV), 11.4 |
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assessed. |
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months |
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(HA); 5-year |
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OS rate, |
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11% (PV), |
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0% (HA) |
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Fatima et al, |
Retrospective |
617 (99 VR |
VR and no |
Median |
N/A |
2C |
The analysis |
2010 |
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[PV/SMV]) |
VR data |
OS |
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was not |
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were not |
duration, |
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tailored to VR |
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separately |
19 months |
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survival. |
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assessed |
(R0 en |
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Multivariate |
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bloc), 18 |
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analysis |
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months |
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revealed that |
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(R0 non- |
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the HR for |
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en bloc), |
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death was |
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15 months |
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significant for |
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(R1), 10 |
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R2 resection |
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months |
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(HR = 2.15, P |
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(R2) |
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= .002) but not |
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R1 resection |
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(HR = 1.26, P |
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= .08). |
Konstantinidis |
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1084 (38 |
Median OS |
Median |
Median |
2C |
554 patients |
et al, 2013 |
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VR |
duration, 35 |
OS |
OS 11 |
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underwent |
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[PV/SMV] |
months (R0 |
duration, |
months |
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resection (397 |
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of 460 PD |
“wide” [>1 |
14 months |
(locally |
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with R0 |
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patients) |
mm]), 16 |
(R1) |
advanced |
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margins and |
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months (R0 |
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disease), |
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157 with R1 |
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“close” [<1 |
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7 months |
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margins). The |
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mm]; P |
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(metastatic |
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study |
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<.001) |
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disease) |
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investigated |
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margin status |
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vs. locally |
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unresectable |
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disease; VR |
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was not the |
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focus. |
‘Ravikumar et |
Retrospective; |
1488 (230 |
Median OS |
No |
Median |
1C |
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al, 2014 |
multi- |
borderline |
duration, |
difference |
OS |
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institution |
PDAC) |
18.2 months |
in R1 rate |
duration, 8 |
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(VR), 18 |
for VR |
months |
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months (no |
(62.9%) |
(surgical |
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VR) |
and no VR |
bypass) |
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(51.6%, P |
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> .05) |
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DA, decision analysis; DFS, disease free survival; HA, hepatic artery; HR, hazard ratio; IVC, inferior vena cava; KM, Kaplan Meyer; NCDB, National Cancer Database; OS, overall survival; PDAC, pancreatic cancer; PD, pancreatoduodenectomy; PV/SMV, portal vein/superior mesenteric vein; VR, vascular resection.
Using the National Cancer Database, composed of patient data from Commission on Cancer-accredited hospitals, Bilimoria et al17 stratified patient survival according to surgical margin status. The median overall survival durations of patients who underwent R0, R1, or R2 pancreatectomies were 16.7 months, 12.3 months, and 7.1 months, respectively. Although the study was limited by its use of administrative data, its findings suggest that the survival outcomes of patients who undergo margin-negative resections and those who
undergo margin-positive resections differ substantially. Fatima et al,16 from the Mayo Clinic, also assessed patients’ survival according to their margin status following resection. Patients with R0 resections had a median survival duration of 18 to 19 months, depending on whether en bloc resection was performed; patients with R1 resections had a median survival duration of 15 months; and patients with R2 resections had a median survival duration of 10 months. Although the Mayo Clinic study included 99 patients who underwent pancreatectomy with VR, it did not directly compare the survival outcomes of patients who underwent pancreatectomy with VR to those who underwent an R2 resection. The hazard ratio for death was significant for patients with R2 resection (HR = 2.15, P = .002) but not
those with R1 resection (HR = 1.26, P = .08). Finally, Konstantinidis et al12 published the Massachusetts General Hospital experience, in which patients who had “wide” R0 surgical margins (>1 mm) had a median survival duration of 35 months, whereas patients who had “close” R0 surgical margins (≤1 mm) had a median survival duration of 16 months, which was similar to that of patients who underwent R1 resection (14 months).
Survival Following Pancreatectomy with VR versus that Following Aborted Surgery
Data from studies directly comparing outcomes following pancreatectomy with PD with those following aborted or palliative procedures are analogously limited. However, data from an article detailing the Massachusetts General Hospital experience with VR suggest that patients with locally advanced disease who undergo palliative surgery or in whom surgery is aborted have a median survival duration of
11 months.12 One recent multicenter series from the United Kingdom demonstrated that patients who did or did not undergo VR had similar median survival times (18.2 months and 18 months, respectively); in both groups, >50% of patients had R1 margins. In contrast,
surgical bypass patients had a median survival duration of 8 months.8
CONCLUSION
Published data are generally from high-volume centers and may not be generalizable to smaller centers. This limitation notwithstanding, available data suggest that patients who undergo pancreatectomy with VR have a longer overall survival time than those undergoing R2 resections or aborted operations. The data for venous reconstructions are more robust than those for arterial reconstructions. Accurate preoperative staging using high quality imaging, and judicious use of preoperative therapies to select those patients most likely benefit from these aggressive operations, are both critical.
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Chapter 14
Pancreatoduodenectomy
CRITICAL ELEMENTS
Division of the Uncinate Process from the Superior Mesenteric Artery
Radical Lymphadenectomy
Resection and Reconstruction of the Superior Mesenteric Vein/Portal Vein to Obtain Negative Margins
Resection to Negative Margins at the Pancreatic Neck and Bile Duct
1. DIVISION OF THE UNCINATE PROCESS FROM THE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY
Recommendation: The uncinate process of the pancreas should be dissected from the SMA along the periadventitial plane of the vessel. The right lateral aspect of the vessel should be skeletonized from the level of the first jejunal branch of the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) to the takeoff of the SMA from the aorta.
Type of Data: Primarily retrospective, low-level evidence.
Strength of Recommendation: Strong.
Rationale
The SMA courses from the aorta just to the left of the uncinate process as it enters the root of the small bowel mesentery. Thus, the vessel lies, at most, within millimeters of primary tumors of the proximal pancreas, and these tumors may infiltrate through the peripancreatic soft tissues into the perineural and lymphatic plexus surrounding the vessel. Resection and reconstruction of the SMA at the time of pancreatoduodenectomy is associated with unfavorable survival rates and is not recommended, even when it is performed in an attempt to clear the tissues around it of cancer and achieve a margin-negative
resection.1 Furthermore, access to and dissection of the soft tissues
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FIGURE 14-1 Meticulous dissection of the retroperitoneal tissues in a patient with a well-staged primary tumor should maximize the opportunity for, but not guarantee, an R0 resection. A,B: A patient with a negative SMA/uncinate margin but tumor cells (arrows) within 1 mm of the inked margin despite a radiographically resectable cancer and the performance of a periadventitial dissection of the SMA. Tangential resection with saphenous vein reconstruction of the SMV-PV was performed as part of the procedure. C,D: A patient with a positive SMA margin. From Katz MH, Wang H, Balachandran A, et al. Effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgical technique on recurrence of localized pancreatic cancer. J Gastrointest Surg 2012;16(1):68-78; discussion 78-79, with permission.
Tumor cells are found at the surgical margins in close to 90% of pancreatoduodenectomy specimens subjected to a rigorous pathologic protocol.2 The
tissue between the uncinate process and SMA is the most likely anatomic location for a microscopically positive (R1) margin.3 Because meticulous dissection of the retropancreatic complex to the right of the SMA can minimize the amount of residual tissue on the artery, this technique may decrease, but
not eliminate, the possibility of an R1 resection in well-staged patients (Fig. 14-1).4 The retropancreatic complex, which contains fatty tissue, lymphatics, and
nerves—described as a “mesopancreas” by some3—can be resected in its entirety by skeletonizing the right lateral aspect of the SMA from the level
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of the aorta to the level of the first jejunal branch of the SMV (Fig. 14-2). R0 resection rates achieved using this approach have not been directly compared with R0 rates achieved using a less radical dissection of the uncinate. However, no data suggests that this approach increases morbidity, and in fact the
opposite may be true because the relevant vascular anatomy can be more fully appreciated using this meticulous technique.5 Routine dissection in this manner is therefore strongly recommended.
FIGURE 14-2 Operative field following removal of the pancreatoduodenectomy specimen. The superior mesenteric vein is retracted to the patient’s left, exposing the right lateral aspect of the superior mesenteric artery. The artery has been dissected in its periadventitial plane. PV, portal vein; SMA, superior mesenteric artery; SMV, superior mesenteric vein.
Some continue to advocate using a stapler to divide the uncinate from the SMA. In a small study in which 19 patients who underwent resection using a stapler were compared to 20 patients who underwent a more formal resection, neither group had a positive resection margin. However, the median number of lymph nodes retrieved and evaluated in each group (6.1 and 5.9 nodes, respectively) was low relative to that recommended by the American Joint
Committee on Cancer (AJCC), suggesting that the histopathologic evaluation of the specimens had been suboptimal.6 Further, an anatomic study of cadavers revealed that the application of a surgical stapler to divide the uncinate from the SMA left up to 43% of the alveolar and lymphatic tissue on the
SMA.5 Therefore, optimal dissection and skeletonization of the SMA requires the use of sharp, ultrasonic (harmonic scalpel), or thermal (LigaSure or Enseal) dissectors. The stapler must be avoided (Fig. 14-3).
Technical Aspects
Because the proximal SMA typically lies directly posterior to the SMV-portal vein (PV) confluence, the confluence must be completely mobilized to access the right lateral aspect of the SMA. For smaller tumors that minimally disturb the anatomy of this region, little dissection may be needed to retract the confluence to the left to expose the SMA. However, tumors that are in close proximity to either the SMV or PV often
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FIGURE 14-3 A: Proper and (B) improper surgical technique employed for dissection of the superior mesenteric artery. Exposure of the proximal SMA is