The role of operation, particularly pancreaticojejunostomy, in the treatment of abdominal pain from chronic pancreatitis is controversial, but relief of pancreatic duct obstruction may decrease the rate of pancreatic organ failure. Our results over 6 years in 13 carefully selected patients suggest that pancreatic drainage does relieve pain but is less effective in preventing pancreatic exocrine...

Stenosis of the pancreatico-enteric anastomosis is one of the major complications of pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Endoscopic stent placement, has limited success rate as a nonsurgical treatment due to altered gastrointestinal anatomy. Percutaneous treatment is rarely attempted due to the technical difficulty in accessing the pancreatic duct. We reported a case of pancreaticojejunostomy stenosi...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the leading causes of oncologic morbidity and mortality worldwide. The definitive surgical management for pancreatic cancer includes pancreaticoduodenectomy with either anastomosis to, or implantation of remnant pancreas to the stomach (pancreaticogastrostomy) or the jejunum (pancreaticojejunostomy). Operative morbidity and mortality following pancreaticoduodenectomy...

Pancreaticoduodenectomy is the treatment of choice for resectable periampullary tumors. Anastomosis between the remnant of the pancreas and the intestine can be fashioned by various methods. An anastomotic leak can result in sepsis and even death. The rate of these complications is reported to be 10-28.5% [1]. Two widely used techniques for fashioning a pancreatic anastomosis are practiced: end...

A 70-year-old man had undergone pancreaticoduodenectomy due to a distal common bile duct malignancy. After the operation, serous fluid discharge decreased from two drain tubes in the retroperitoneum. Over four weeks, the appearance of the serous fluid changed to a greenish bile color and the patient persistently drained over 300 ml/day. Viewed as bile leak at the choledochojejunostomy, treatmen...

mosis. In our experience, roughly 10% of patients will have low volume amylase-rich fluid draining via the drains. Over 85% of these low volume pancreatic fistulas will heal with conservative management. While pancreatic fistula has not disappeared as a postoperative complication, it is certainly no longer the dreaded and feared complication that it was several decades ago. As additional experi...