Emergency Pancreaticoduodenectomy with Delayed Reconstruction for Bleeding: A Life Saving Procedure.
Emergency pancreaticoduodenectomy with delayed reconstruction can be performed as a life saving procedurein case of massive bleeding uncontrolled with conventional hemostatic techniques. The authors reportherein the case of a 39-yr-old patient with an acute episode of chronic pancreatitis-induced massive bleedingsuccessfully treated by this unorthodox technique.The concept of damage control surgery with abbreviated laparotomy and planned reconstruction couldbe useful in selected cases outside the trauma setting.
Tuech
Jean-Jacques
JJ
Department of Digestive Surgery, Angers University Hospital, 4 rue Larrey 49000, Angers France.
Pessaux
Patrick
P
Rege
Nicolas
N
Bergamaschi
Roberto
R
Arnaud
Jean-Pierre
JP