Toggle Main Menu Toggle Search

Open Access padlockePrints

Does revision of resection margins based on frozen section improve overall survival following pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma? A meta-analysis

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Sanjay PandanaboyanaORCiD

Downloads

Full text for this publication is not currently held within this repository. Alternative links are provided below where available.


Abstract

© 2017 International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Inc.Background Margin status is the main surgical determinant of long-term outcome in pancreatic cancer. Intraoperative frozen section (IOFS) detects microscopic positive margins at a stage when margin revision is possible. The aim of this study was to determine if IOFS driven-revision of pancreatic resection margin(s) improves overall survival (OS) in pancreatic cancer. Methods A systematic review of major reference databases was undertaken. Patients were divided into 3 groups based on initial FS (FSR0 for negative margin and FSR1 for positive microscopic margin) and final Permanent Section report (PSR0 for negative margin and PSR1 for positive microscopic margin): Group 1 (FSR0 → PSR0), Group 2 (FSR1 → PSR0), and Group 3 (FSR1 → PSR1). Patients in Groups 2 and 3 had surgical revision of the FSR1 margin. Data was meta-analysed. Results 4 studies included in the final analysis. No difference in OS and incidence of lymph node metastases between Groups 2 and 3 (P = 0.590 and P = 0.410). Conclusions IOFS-based revision of R1 pancreatic resection margin does not improve OS, even when it results in an R0 margin. This suggests that any benefit of margin revision based on FS is over-ridden by markers of more advanced or aggressive disease.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Barreto SG, Pandanaboyana S, Ironside N, Windsor JA

Publication type: Review

Publication status: Published

Journal: HPB

Year: 2017

Volume: 19

Issue: 7

Pages: 573-579

Online publication date: 15/04/2017

Acceptance date: 01/03/2017

ISSN (print): 1365-182X

ISSN (electronic): 1477-2574

Publisher: Elsevier B.V.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2017.03.006

DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2017.03.006

PubMed id: 28420560


Share