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JODENAL “DIVERTICULIZATION” FOR MASSIVE HAEMORRHAGE FROM PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST
Author(s) -
Catts P. F.,
Souvlis L.,
Rae R. E.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb00043.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic pseudocyst , surgery , complication , pancreatitis , cyst , acute pancreatitis , fibrous joint , ligation , pancreatic cyst , pancreas , gastrointestinal tract , general surgery
A case of massive haemorrhage into the gastrointestinal tract from a pancreatic pseudocyst is presented. The pseudocyst was a complication of acute pancreatitis, and control of the haemorrhage by operation was difficult because of the friability of the cyst wall. The surgical procedure called duodenal diverticulization is described and was found to be a useful adjunct to suture ligation for bleeding which was almost uncontrollable and when death of the patient seemed inevitable.