title: Visceral artery pseudoaneurysms following pancreatoduodenectomy.
abstract: Pancreatic and biliary fistulas and delayed gastric emptying are the most common complications after pancreatoduodenectomy. The development and bleeding of visceral arterial pseudoaneurysms are rare phenomena and pose diagnostic and treatment dilemmas. We describe 5 recent patients who developed bleeding from visceral artery pseudoaneurysms after pancreatoduodenectomy. These patients all had "herald" bleeding from their abdominal drains. Subsequent angiography and therapeutic embolizations were successfully performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Eseroghene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Otah
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Cushin
authors.forename: Grigory N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Rozenblit
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Neff
authors.forename: Kenneth E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Otah
authors.forename: Avram M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cooperman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography