title: Blunt pancreatic trauma and pseudocyst: management of major pancreatic duct injury.
abstract: When there is no major pancreatic duct injury or the injury involves only the distal duct, percutaneous drainage should be considered the primary therapeutic procedure for traumatic pancreatic pseudocyst. If the pseudocyst does not then resolve, endoscopic retrograde pancreatography should be performed to prove proximal duct injury. When the major pancreatic duct is disrupted but not obstructed, pancreatic duct stenting may avert surgical resection. If the major duct is obstructed, surgical resection is required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan Hsien, Taiwan. linbc@cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: B-C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Y-C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: N-J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000293:injuries*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*