Point/Counterpoint: Should all suspected mucinous cystic neoplasms be resected?

May 4, 2017|Hematology and Oncology

Matthew H. Katz, MD, FACS, Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, FACS

Dr. Pawlik is Chair of Surgery at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. He is also the Urban Meyer III and Shelley Meyer Chair for Cancer Research at Ohio State. He has no disclosures.

References

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2. Diagnosis and Management of Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 478913.

3. JAMA Surg. 2017;152:19-25.

4. Ann Surg. 2006;244:572-82.

This Point/Counterpoint feature is based on comments Dr. Katz and Dr. Pawlik made during a debate at AHPBA 2017, the annual meeting of the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.