title: Multidetector CT evaluation of the postoperative pancreas.
abstract: Several pancreatic diseases may require surgical treatment, with most of these procedures classified as resection or drainage. Resection procedures, which are usually performed to remove pancreatic tumors, include pancreatoduodenectomy, central pancreatectomy, distal pancreatectomy, and total pancreatectomy. Drainage procedures are usually performed to treat chronic pancreatitis after the failure of medical therapy and include the Puestow and Frey procedures. The type of surgery depends not only on the patient's symptoms and the location of the disease, but also on the expertise of the surgeon. Radiologists should become familiar with these surgical procedures to better understand postoperative changes in anatomic findings. Multidetector computed tomography is the modality of choice for identifying normal findings after surgery, postoperative complications, and tumor recurrence in patients who have undergone pancreatic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar 255, 3rd Floor, Cerqueira Cesar, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 05403-001.
authors.forename: Fernando I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Cinthia D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blasbalg
authors.forename: Manoel S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jukemura
authors.forename: Giovanni G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Cerri
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome