Abstract:BackgroundThis study was to explore a safe and effective procedure to prevent pancreatic fistula (PF) after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD).MethodsForty-three modified PD with pancreaticojejunostomy by direct invagination of the pancreas to the jejunum that was brought up via the space behind the root of superior mesenteric vessel were performed between January 2003 and June 2006, and were compared to the fifty-six conventional PD (Child’ method).ResultsThere was no pancreatic fistula after PD in the modified gro… Show more
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