title: [Pancreaticoduodenectomy: indications, results and management of complications].
abstract: Pancreaticoduodenectomy is a major procedure in visceral surgery. Post-operative mortality is around 5% in high-volume hospitals, thanks to improvement in global patients care. Morbidity remains high though. The treatment of complications most often require a multidisciplinary approach. Delayed gastric emptying, intraabdominal abscesses and pancreatic fistulas are the most frequent complications. Post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage, although more rare, is a severe and dreadful event. Despite its morbidity, duodenopancreatectomy significantly improves survival of patients with biliopancreatic cancer. Early recognition of these complications and a prompt treatment increase the safety of this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie viscérale, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. david.petermann@chuv.ch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petermann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ksontini
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Halkic
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Demartines
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy