title: Pancreatoduodenectomy in abdominal trauma: a viable alternative.
abstract: Pancreatoduodenectomy was performed in five patients with severe pancreatoduodenal trauma following vehicular accidents. Three of them presented within five hours of injury and two patients, four and ten days later. Surgery was performed within 6-12 hours of hospitalization. All patients underwent pancreatoduodenectomy; in one the pancreatic stump was closed completely owing to its friability. Three patients survived; two succumbed to ongoing preoperative septicemia due to late presentation. The results of pancreato-duodenectomy are good when patients are operated on early, before the development of sepsis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wig
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*