Open AccessStapled Cystogastrostomy A Method of Treatment for Pediatric Pancreatic Pseudocyst
Author(s) -
Farhan Taghizadeh,
Richard J. Bower,
William B. Kiesewetter
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197908000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic pseudocyst , complication , surgery , pancreatic disease , general surgery , pancreas , pancreatitis
An uncommon complication of pancreatic inflammatory disease or pancreatic trauma in children is the development of a pseudocyst. The English literature records less than 100 cases in children and emphasizes that surgical intervention is the indicated form of treatment. The authors have had experience with nine pediatric patients suffering from pseudocysts in a seven year period. All except one were successfully treated by internal drainage; the other spontaneously resolved. Four had cystogastrostomy using a stapler. This method is discussed as far as indications, technique, advantages and complications.