A New Surgical Technique of Pancreaticoduodenectomy with Splenic Artery Resection for Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head and/or Body Invading Splenic Artery: Impact of the Balance between Surgical Radicality and QOL to Avoid Total Pancreatectomy

Table 4

Comparison of tumor recurrent sites between PD and PD-SAR.

	PD (𝑛=66)	PD-SAR (𝑛=18)	𝑃 value
Recurrence	44 (66.7%)	11 (68.8%)	0.873
Local
Remnant pancreas*	2 (3.0%)	3 (18.8%)	0.109
Remnant pancreas alone	0 (0%)	1 (6.3%)	0.483
Others	4 (6.1%)	2 (12.5%)	0.825
Metastasis
Liver	15 (22.7%)	3 (18.6%)	0.817
Lung	10 (15.2%)	2 (12.5%)	0.957
Lymph node	2 (3.0%)	1 (6.3%)	0.838
Dissemination	9 (13.6%)	3 (18.6%)	0.957

∗Recurrence of remnant pancreas associated with metastasis of other organs.