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DIGESTIVE SURGERY
Volume 18, Issue 6, Pages 453-457Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000050193
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pancreaticoduodenectomy; complications
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Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is still a difficult procedure with significant morbidity. We report 150 consecutive PDs performed during a 3-year period. All the cases have been prospectively evaluated with regard to the surgical outcome. Mortality in this series was 3/150 (2%) with a re-operation rate of 5/150 (3.3%); surgical complications were experienced in 57/150 (38%). The most frequent complications were collections in 25/150 (16.6%) and pancreatic fistulas in 16/150 (10.7%). The majority of these complications were conservatively managed: only one abscess and one fistula due to an anastomotic dehiscence required re-operation. The complication most responsible for mortality was haemorrhage secondary to arterial pseudoaneurysms in patients with severe post-operative pancreatitis. The continued high morbidity of PDs is compensated by the ability to treat complications non-operatively, resulting in a surgical risk that should now be considered medium to low in high volume centres. Copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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