Erschienen in:
05.01.2016 | Case Report
Laparoscopic Completion Pancreatectomy for Local Recurrence in the Pancreatic Remnant after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Case Reports and Review of the Literature
verfasst von:
Mushegh A. Sahakyan, Sheraz Yaqub, Airazat M. Kazaryan, Olaug Villanger, Audun Elnæs Berstad, Knut Jørgen Labori, Bjørn Edwin, Bård Ingvald Røsok
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Ausgabe 4/2016
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Excerpt
Completion pancreatectomy (CP) is a surgical procedure, in which the aim is to remove the remnant pancreatic tissue after initial pancreatic resection. This technique is used as a salvage procedure after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) in patients, experiencing severe complications of pancreatic leakage. Although some authors have proposed not to consider CP in patients with a pancreatic fistula [
1], Gueroult et al. assumed that CP may represent the only means to achieve adequate control of an ongoing infection [
2]. Other reports also concluded that despite of significant morbidity and mortality CP has a role in the management of post-pancreatic surgical complications and may increase survival [
3,
4]. …