Protocolo de tallado, estudio e informe anatomopatológico de las piezas de duodenopancreatectomía cefálica por carcinoma de páncreas

The different problems that the pathologist may encounter when examining surgical specimens from pancreatoduodenectomies, as well as the different nomenclature used to define resection margins and infiltration are discussed. The protocol followed at the University Hospital of Valencia, based on European and American protocols as well as our own experience, is described.