Jan 21, 2025 · Resection is typically recommended for IPMNs with high-grade dysplasia (carcinoma in situ), IPMNs that have progressed to invasive carcinoma (also referred to as …

This surgery removes the head of your pancreas, your duodenum (the first portion of the small intestine), your gallbladder, and part of your bile duct and nearby lymph nodes.

Apr 19, 2022 · The team meets weekly to review cases and see patients. Johns Hopkins is also a high-volume center for pancreatic surgery, performing almost 500 procedures per year and …

As was true for main duct IPMNs, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms should be surgically resected only if the patient can safely tolerate surgery. Branch duct IPMNs that are not …

This study group aimed to revise the 2017 international consensus guidelines for the management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) of the pancreas, and mainly focused on …

IPMNs therefore represent an opportunity to treat a pancreatic tumor before it develops into an aggressive, hard-to-treat invasive cancer. On the other hand, most IPMNs will never progress …

With this information, we plan the surgical intervention (be it a Whipple procedure, a distal, a total or a middle pancreatectomy, with or without splenic preservation), but are prepared to change …

Nov 14, 2024 · The current guidelines recommend resection for IPMN that involve the main pancreatic duct. Resecting lesions with HGD before their progression to invasive disease and …

Sep 5, 2025 · Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm cysts (IPMN) can become cancerous and lead to pancreatic cancer. Surgical removal might be needed if an IPMN is in the main …

Although multiple guidelines exist to guide their treatment, there are still many “gray areas” on indications for surgery for IPMNs. The current indications for surgery of IPMNs were …