Open AccessPostoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatic resection
Author(s) -
Martin Sabol,
Roland Donat,
Daniel Dyttert,
Viktor Rekeň,
Daniel Šintál,
Július Palaj,
Štefan Durdík
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bratislavské lekárske listy/bratislava medical journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1336-0345
pISSN - 0006-9248
DOI - 10.4149/bll_2020_090
Subject(s) - pancreatic fistula , medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , anastomosis , surgery , pancreatectomy , distal pancreatectomy , pancreatic duct , pancreas , incidence (geometry) , general surgery , resection , physics , optics
The failure of pancreatic anastomosis after the proximal pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) and the failure of pancreatic stump after the distal pancreatectomy with a resulting postoperative pancreatic fistula remain the most feared complications after pancreatic resection. Surgeons have been trying to find a reliable reconstructive technique of pancreatic anastomosis for decades.