Severity of Pancreatic Leak in Relation to Gut Restoration After Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Background:. Pancreatic leak after pancreaticoduodenectomy and gut restoration via a single jejunal loop remains the crucial predictor of patients’ outcome. Our reasoning that active pancreatic enzymes may be more disruptive to the pancreatojejunostomy prompted us to explore a Roux-en-Y configuratio...

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Main Authors: Vasileios Smyrniotis, MD, PhD, Stavros Parasyris, MD, Georgios Gemenetzis, MD, Ioannis Margaris, MD, Zoe Petropoulou, MD, Maria Papadoliopoulou, MD, Theodoros Sidiropoulos, MD, Dionysios Dellaportas, MD, PhD, Antonios Vezakis, MD, PhD, Andreas Polydorou, MD, PhD, Panagiotis Kokoropoulos, MD, MSc, Kassiani Theodoraki, MD, PhD, Paraskevi Matsota, MD, PhD, Panteleimon Vassiliu, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS, Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, MD, PhD, FACS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2022-06-01
Series:Annals of Surgery Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/AS9.0000000000000161