title: Functional results of a personal technique of reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
abstract: The aim of the study is to propose a new technique of reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy with more attention to the functional aspects. From 1995 and 2003, 25 patients underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic or periampullary cancer. The reconstruction was carried out by: end-to-end gastro-jejunal anastomosis (first jejunal loop); a Roux-en-Y T-T pancreatico-jejunal anastomosis leaving a silastic catheter in the Wirsung; hepatico-jejunostomy and jejuno-jejunostomy below the biliary anastomosis; superselective vagotomy. Mortality was 8%. Regarding the complications, we observed 3 biliary fistulas, mean duration 5 days, with spontaneous healing; 8 pleural effusions and 7 wound infections. Postoperative 3 months reevaluation showed weight gain in 14 patients with no other digestive symptoms (vomiting, fullness, dumping). With a scintigraphic meal we observed a good rythmic and regular gastric emptying. No jejunal peptic ulcers were noted in all patients after the gastric protonic pump inhibitors were discontinued. Fecal fats were evaluated in all cases for malabsorption 3 months after operation with low fat fecal levels. The preliminary results of our recent experience seem to be encouraging. This technique may have a useful application in the clinical setting as far as radicality and quality of life of the patients with pancreaticoduodenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento di Chirurgia Pietro Valdoni, Cattedra di Patologia Chirurgica IX, Cattedra di Chirurgia d'Urgenza 2, Italy. roberto.caronna@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caronna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cardi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sammartino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mangioni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pittau
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scozzafava
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Catinelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chirletti
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stipa
mesh_terms: D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000601:surgery*; D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures