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INDIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
Volume 76, Issue 1, Pages 10-12Publisher
SPRINGER INDIA
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-012-0607-4
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Pancreatic stent; Internal pancreaticojejunostomy; Complications; Stent occlusion
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A 28-year-old woman underwent a pylorus preserving Whipple procedure for pancreatic serous cystadenoma located on the head of the pancreas. During the operation, an internal stent (7F silastic catheter, 9 cm in length) was placed within the pancreatic duct in the area of pancreaticojejunal end-to-end Dunking type anastomosis to prevent development of fistula. The stent was positioned so that one third of its length would lie into the pancreatic duct, and it was anchored to the periductal pancreatic tissue with only one rapidly absorbable chromic suture. Leakage from the anastomosis was not observed, and she was discharged without any complaint. Early postoperative abdominal CT examination revealed that the stent was retained within the normal caliber pancreatic duct (Fig. 1a). Six months after the operation, she began to complain to epigastric pain triggered by the meals. The laboratory analysis was normal, particularly liver biochemical tests and serum amylase. The internal pancreatic stent within the dilated pancreatic duct was detected by an additional CT examination (Fig. 1b). The stent was removed endoscopically at the third attempt. The pain was resolved after its removal. Control CT examination which was taken at the 18th month after removal of the stent showed dilatation of the pancreatic duct (Fig. 2a). The patient remained free of any complaint, although regressed pancreatic duct dilatation has persisted over 4 years of follow-up (Fig. 2b).
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