title: Open transduodenal stenting as an option to failed endotherapy in pancreatic ascites.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pancreatic ascites is rare and thought to be due to rupture of a pancreatic pseudocyst, main pancreatic duct disruption or leakage from an unknown site.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 33-year-old gentleman with a history of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis who presented with pancreatic ascites and was successfully treated with open transduodenal stenting and pancreatic and biliary sphincteroplasty.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Open transduodenal stenting is an option to failed endotherapy in pancreatic ascites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Academic Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Souad J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Taghavi
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Adamthwaite
authors.forename: Krishna V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Menon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013105:Sphincterotomy, Transduodenal; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome