Should the portal vein be routinely resected during pancreaticoduodenectomy for adenocarcinoma?
Patients with PA and no venous involvement who had PD with PV/SMV resection had a significantly longer overall survival than patients in a matched control group who had PD without venous resection.
The results of the present study suggest that BHR is independently associated with CCA-IMT in men. The interrelationships between cardiovascular and respiratory alterations should be further investigated.