Laparoscopic transgastric gastrocystostomy pancreatic pseudocyst.
Article presents a laparoscopic cystogastrostomy of pancreatic pseudocysts. Pancreatic pseudocyst is a common complication of acute or chronic pancreatitis. It is treated by drainage. Until the development of laparoscopic method, the only surgical type of treatment was a drainage of pseudocyst into the stomach or intestine by the open surgery. In a recent years, a new procedures of laparoscopic treating of pseudocysts pancreatic were published. Despite of the small number of cases it is legible that this certain method of operative treatment has clear benefits for the patient. Herewith, we present a laparoscopic transgastric cystogastrostomy of the 44-year old woman who was admitted because of acute biliary pancreatitis. She was operated six months after the acute attack.
Department of Surgery, General Hospital "Dr. Josip Bencevic", Slavonski Brod, Croatia. djuro.miskic@sb.t-com.hr
Djuro
D
Miskic
Vlatka
V
Pitlovic
Ferid
F
Latic
Josip
J
Samardzic
Blazenka
B
Miskic
Leila
L
Latic-Hodzic
D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery