Reappeared pancreatic cyst after surgical treatment of cystic lesions of the pancreas.
An extremely high incidence of reappearing cyst of the pancreas (24.1%; 7 out of 29 patients) was noted in the present survey. However, reappearance could have been avoided in the majority of cases with the use of thorough pre- and peri-operative assessments of the extent of cystic lesion of the pancreas. The recurrence rate after surgical treatment for pseudocysts (13.6%; 3 out of 22 patients) was similar compared with usual recurrence rate of approximately 10 percent. If the reappearing cyst is a retention cyst or a pseudocyst, a minimally aggressive procedure should initially be considered to aid its resolution. A part of this study was reported at the 51st meeting of the Japanese Society for Clinical Surgery on November 2, 1989 at Kobe, Japan.
Kasahara
Y
Y
Second Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Nakatani
M
M
Urata
T
T
Imano
M
M
Sonobe
N
N
Morishita
A
A
Ueda
S
S
Nakao
K
K
Takemoto
M
M
Yamada
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence