Yang X, Aghajafari P, Goussous N, Patel ST, Cunningham SC. The "Colonial Wig" pancreaticojejunostomy: zero leaks with a novel technique for reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int 2017;
16:545-551. [PMID:
28992888 DOI:
10.1016/s1499-3872(17)60053-5]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) remains common and morbid after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). A major advance in the study of POPF is the fistula risk score (FRS).
METHODS
We analyzed 48 consecutive patients undergoing PD. The "Colonial Wig" pancreaticojejunostomy (CWPJ) technique was used in the last 22 PDs, we compared 22 CWPJ to 26 conventional PDs.
RESULTS
Postoperative morbidity was 49% (27% Clavien grade >2). The median length of hospital stay was 11 days. In the first 26 PDs, the PJ was performed according to standard techniques and the clinically relevant POPF (CR-POPF) rate was 15%, similar to the FRS-predicted rate (14%). In the next 22 PJs, the CWPJ was employed. Although the FRS-predicted rates were similar in these two groups (14% vs 13%), the CR-POPF rate in the CWPJ group was 0 (P=0.052).
CONCLUSION
Early experience with the CWPJ is encouraging, and this anastomosis may be a safe and effective way to lower POPF rates.
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