Surgery for chronic pancreatitis: cross-sectional imaging of postoperative anatomy and complications.
OBJECTIVE
Surgery is increasingly undertaken for intractable chronic pancreatitis. We evaluated the postsurgical anatomy and complications of surgical options including Whipple, Puestow, Frey's, and Beger's procedures.


CONCLUSIONS
Knowledge of postsurgical anatomy is important to avoid misdiagnosing expected anatomy as complications on CT examinations. It is important to carefully assess the upper abdominal arteries to detect subtle but potentially lethal complications.
Sandrasegaran
Kumaresan
K
Department of Radiology, Indiana University Medical Center, 550 N University Blvd., UH 0279, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. ksandras@iupui.edu
Maglinte
Dean D
DD
Howard
Thomas J
TJ
Lappas
John C
JC
D000792:Angiography; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed