ANZ journal of surgery
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Emergency laparoscopy/laparotomy is associated with high levels of mortality. The aim of this study was to determine whether outcomes following emergency laparoscopy/laparotomy in rural and regional South Australian hospitals were comparable to those reported in the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit and Perth Emergency Laparotomy Audit. ⋯ Outcomes following emergency laparoscopy/laparotomy in rural and regional South Australian hospitals are comparable to those reported in the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit and Perth Emergency Laparotomy Audit.
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ANZ journal of surgery · Jun 2019
Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas in children: Hacettepe experience.
Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPNP) is mostly seen in young women in the second and third decades of life; it is quite uncommon in children. We aimed to review our institutional experience with SPNP in children. ⋯ In childen, SPNP demonstrates different clinical features. Complete resection is curative in most patients. In children, the optimal surgical strategy for SPNP is still debatable. Instead of radical resections, limited pancreatic resections, such as enucleations, with negative surgical margins should be attempted. For unresectable or recurrent tumours, cisplatin and 5-FU-based chemotherapy might be considered.