title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the postoperative pancreas.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography provides the comprehensive evaluation of patients following pancreatic surgery regarding parenchymal pancreatic changes, ductal abnormalities, evaluation of anastomoses, and detection of tumor recurrence. Normal and pathologic MRI presentations in patients who underwent pancreatic surgery are reviewed. The MRI/magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography techniques used in the patients after pancreatic surgery are presented, and a concise review of the current array of pancreatic surgical procedures is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA. obrook@bidmc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Olga R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Brook
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abedin
authors.forename: Koenraad J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mortele
mesh_terms: D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome