Pancreatoduodenectomy is the treatment of choice for patients with benign and malignant disease of pancreatic head. Classic pancreatoduodenectomy was described by Whipple originally and included distal hemigastrectomy. Pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy (pylorus-preserving) was popularized in the late 1970s for benign disease and it included full preservation of the pylorus. However, dela...

Introduction: Leakage of Hepaticojejunostomy are less frequent than pancreatic leaks after pancreatoduodenectomy, and the current literature suggests comparable outcomes. The main purpose our study was to establish hepaticojejunostomy leak adversely affected patient Methods: Consecutive cases pancreatoduodenectomy (n = 1010) were reviewed at a single high-volume institution in period 2009-2018....

Presenter: Rocío Vera | Universidad de la Frontera Background: The duodenal adenocarcinoma represents a 0.5% of gastrointestinal neoplasm and its treatment is based on the tumoral mass resection, classically through pancreatoduodenectomy (PDD), however, in past few years segmentary resection (SR) lesions has taken relevance specific cases: small size, no metastasis or lymphovascular compromise ...

postsurgical sustenance of very ill patients with a functioning small bowel. Postpyloric feeding through a jejunal tube is in wide practice and usually well tolerated. We report a case of smallbowel perforation related to a feeding jejunostomy tube. A 76-year-old female was evaluated for symptoms of pruritis, painless jaundice, tea-coloured urine and yellow stools. An ampulary carcinoma was fou...