Open AccessHepatic Ischemia, Caused by Celiac Axis Compression, Complicating Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Author(s) -
David A. Bull,
Glenn C. Hunter,
Thomas G. Crabtree,
Victor M. Bernhard,
Charles W. Putnam
Publication year - 1993
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 - 10.1097/00000658-199303000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , complication , ischemia , celiac artery , gastroduodenal artery , collateral circulation , superior mesenteric artery , occlusion , angiography , radiology , stenosis , common hepatic artery , duodenum , surgery , artery , resection
In the course of pancreaticoduodenectomy, profound hepatic ischemia developed in two patients (one with ampullary carcinoma, the other with chronic pancreatitis). This article addresses the diagnosis and correction of the celiac axis compression responsible in this complication.