title: Selection of pancreaticojejunostomy techniques according to pancreatic texture and duct size.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Selection of proper pancreaticojejunostomy techniques according to pancreatic texture and the main duct size reduces the pancreatic fistula rate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from 50 consecutive patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy with 3 different anastomotic techniques prospectively used according to pancreatic texture and the main duct size were analyzed. Duct-invagination anastomosis was selected for pancreata with a small duct (n = 34 [29 with a soft texture and 5 with a hard texture]). Stitches between the stump parenchyma and the jejunal seromuscular layer were added to this anastomosis procedure only for the hard pancreata. Pancreata with a large duct were reconstructed with a conventional duct-to-mucosa anastomosis (n = 16).
  
  
  METHODS
  A university hospital department of digestive surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The morbidity was 40% (20 of 50 patients) in this series. Four patients (8%) with a soft pancreas and a small duct developed a pancreatic stump leak after duct-invagination anastomosis, but all of them were removed without sequelae. No pancreatic anastomotic leak was seen in this series, which resulted in no mortality, no remnant pancreatectomy, and only 1 relaparotomy in the consecutive 50 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The proper selection of pancreatic reconstruction techniques according to our criteria may reduce the pancreatic fistula rate, eliminate risky pancreatic anastomotic leaks, and result in excellent outcomes for those undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicinal Sciences, Kobe University, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. szk@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujino
authors.forename: Yasuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanioka
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: Moriatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ajiki
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeyama
authors.forename: Yonson
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ku
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroda
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010193:Pancreaticojejunostomy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D013536:Suture Techniques