Disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome in patients with necrotizing pancreatitis

In a subset of patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis, segmental necrosis affecting the main pancreatic duct may result in a discontinuity between the left-sided pancreas and the duodenum. Such an interruption in the setting of a viable upstream portion of the gland can give rise to the discon...

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Main Authors: Petr Vanek, MD, Ondrej Urban, MD, PhD, Guru Trikudanathan, MD, Martin L. Freeman, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845022000707