Pancreaticojejunostomy versus pancreaticogastrostomy after pancreaticoduodenectomy to prevent post-operative pancreatic fistula, a dissonance between evidence and practice
Journal Title: Archives of Clinical Gastroenterology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Leakage of pancreatic enzymes leading to either formation of abdominal collection or pancreatic fistula is one the most feared complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Owing to high morbidity and cost related to pancreatic fistula, multiple interventions including various types of pancreatico-enteric anastomosis have been proposed to prevent this complication. Despite some randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses favoring pancreaticogastrostomy over pancreaticojejunostomy, clinical practice has not witnessed any change in preference of individual surgeons. One of the underlying facts is that there are various ways of doing pancreatic anastomosis and trials have compared only specific techniques while a few novel techniques that have been reported to have very low pancreatic fistula risk have never been compared in randomized controlled trials comparing pancreaticogastrostomy versus pancreaticojejunostomy. Moreover individual surgeons’ comfort and training also matters, and in many instances same results are not reproduced as reported for primary center where technique was developed. So though a good number of randomized controlled trials have been conducted to compare pancreaticogastrostomy with pancreaticojejunostomy, variations in techniques of performing anastomosis limit external validity as well as pooling the data for meta-analysis. Furthermore subgroup of patients with soft pancreas, who are at high risk of pancreatic leak, should be looked at separately for potential benefit of type of pancreatic anastomosis.
Authors and Affiliations
Shahzad Noman, Chawla Tabish Umer, Begum Saleema, Shaikh Fareed Ahmed
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