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Intraoperative Pancreatic Assessment In Pancreaticoduodenectomy The Correlation With Pancreatic Fistula Formation, Yarman Mazni, Ardani F. Syafiuddin, Agi S. Putranto
Intraoperative Pancreatic Assessment In Pancreaticoduodenectomy The Correlation With Pancreatic Fistula Formation, Yarman Mazni, Ardani F. Syafiuddin, Agi S. Putranto
The New Ropanasuri Journal of Surgery
Background Pancreatic cancer affects 25,000 to 30,000 people in the United States each year and is the fourth or fifth leading cause of cancer-related death in this country. It is generally resected by pancreaticoduodenectomy, with or without preservation of the pylorus and proximal duodenum. Anastomotic leaks, intra-abdominal abscesses, and delayed gastric emptying account for most of the perioperative complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Anastomotic leaks of pancreas are resulted pancreatic fistula about 45%. A lot of study that have been done to find risk factors of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) with contradictive results.
Method This study was done for 70 patients …