| pubmed-article:7840383 | pubmed:abstractText | The reconstruction technique for the pancreatic remnant remaining after pancreatoduodenectomy has most frequently been pancreatojejunostomy. Although the mortality rate has been reduced to rather low levels in many centers, the leakage rate from this anastomosis remains high, in the range of 10% or greater. An alternative reconstruction, pancreatogastrostomy, has been known for almost 50 years and has been performed on small numbers of patients. The leakage rate for this anastomosis is less than 1% in literature reports in more than 200 patients. The purpose of this report was to add to the previously reported experience with this technique and to compare it with standard reconstruction as performed in a major American medical center by experienced surgeons. | lld:pubmed |
