Applied value of duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection (DPPHR) in treating tumor of pancreatic head Department of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China Abstract There is a close relationship anatomically between pancreatic head and duodenum. It was known previously that it was inevitable to resect pancreatic head together with duodenum. Beger firstly reported duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection (DPPHR) for the patient with chronic pancreatitis in 1972. Imaizimi reported modified Beger’s operation, duodenum-preserving total pancreatic head resection (DPTPHR) for the patient with low-degree malignant tumor of pancreatic head without lymph nodes clearance in 1990. DPPHR resect only focus of pancreatic head, do not destroy continuous instruction of digest tract, and improve postoperative life quality. Recently, DPPHR has been extensively used in surgical clinics.