PERFORMANCE OF TOTAL PANCREATECTOMY FOR PANCREATIC MALIGNANCIES.

Lethality, morbidity, survival indices and metabolic consequences of total pancreatec' tomy (TP), performed in patients, suffering pancreatic tumors, were analyzed. There were retrospectively analyzed 35 TP оperations, including 5— urgent, 30 — elective, performed in a single center. General lethality have constituted 20% (7 patients died), and after elective ТP — 6.7% (2 died). Complications rate after elective TP have consti' tuted 40%; survival mediana—18 mo; indices of a 3—year survival — 40%, and a 5— year one — 13.3%. Most frequently revealed metabolic changes after ТP — pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, pancreatogenic diabetes, changes in a lipid metabolism in hepatocytes. Our experience witnesses expediency of ТP introduction into surgical practice in specialized centers of Ukraine with results, which are matching a worldwide.