Pancreas-preserving total Duodenectomy: a surgical treatment pathway for duodenal wall polyps

Background: Treatment of duodenal wall polyps is a multistep procedure with several therapeutic options and guided by endoscopic biopsies. However, in a significant proportion of patients the histology is misleading and patient with Pacreas-preserving total duodenectomy requiring additional surgery to achieve oncologic radicality. Methods: Between 1997 and 2014 20 patients with hereditary (n = 7) and non-hereditary (n = 13) duodenal wall polyps...