title: Emergency Pancreaticoduodenectomy with Delayed Reconstruction for Bleeding: A Life Saving Procedure.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Angers University Hospital, 4 rue Larrey 49000, Angers France.
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tuech
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pessaux
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rege
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bergamaschi
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Arnaud