title: Comparison of duct-to-mucosa and end-to-side pancreaticojejunostomy reconstruction following pancreaticoduodenectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pancreaticojejunostomy reconstruction following pancreaticoduodenectomy still remains a debate because of high incidence of complications. To compare the effect of duct-to-mucosa and end-to-side pancreaticojejunostomy reconstruction following pancreaticoduodenectomy, we retrospectively reviewed two groups of patients who underwent duct-to-mucosa or end-to-side pancreaticojejunostomy reconstruction.
  
  
  METHODS
  Over a period of 6 years, 240 consecutive patients underwent duct-to-mucosa (group A) or end-to-side (group B) pancreaticojejunostomy reconstruction following pancreaticoduodenectomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no statistical differences between group A and B in regards to age, gender, preoperative serum levels of total bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase, albumin, pathological features, amount of intraoperative bleeding and duration of operation. The overall incidence of postoperative complications was 26.7 % (22.2% in group A, 30.3% in group B, p>0.05). Of 108 patients in group A, pancreatic fistula occurred in 10 (9.3%) patients and of 132 patients in group B, pancreatic fistula occurred in 14 (10.6%) patients (p>0.05). The overall hospital mortality was 4.2% (3.7% in group A, n=4; 4.5% in group B, n=6, p>0.05). The postoperative hospital stay (mean ±SD) for group A was 20.3±19.7 days, for group B was 23.3+14.3 days (p>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results showed no statistical difference between the two techniques in decreasing postoperative complications including pancreatic fistula or postoperative hospital stay.
authors: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors: Jian-Long
authors: JL
authors: Zhang
authors: Zhi-Yu
authors: ZY
authors: Xiao
authors: Dong-Ming
authors: DM
authors: Lai
authors: Jian
authors: J
authors: Sun
authors: Chuan-Chao
authors: CC
authors: He
authors: Ying-Fei
authors: YF
authors: Zhang
authors: Shuang
authors: S
authors: Chen
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000517:prevention & control; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D010193:Pancreaticojejunostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies