In situ surgical procedures for locally advanced pancreatic cancer: partial abdominal evisceration and intestinal autotransplantation

Pancreatic cancers in which invasion to the root of the mesentery are suspected have been regarded as unresectable in general. We report the surgical techniques in two cases of locally advanced pancreatic cancer for which in situ surgical procedures including partial abdominal evisceration and intestinal autotransplantation were performed. The patients were a woman 57 years of age and a man 64 years of age. Both cases had a locally advanced...