pancreaticodigestive fistula

An alternative surgery for an atypical kind of grade C postoperative pancreatic fistula following pancreaticoduodenectomy

BACKGROUND/AIM:
Grade C postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is a life-threatening complication of pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), with its surgical management remaining under debate. Occasionally, POPF is associated with a compromised anastomotic Roux-limb. Our series focused to this sort of grade C mixed fistula.
PATIENTS AND METHODS:

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