Fatal pancreatic fistula after laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for intraductal papillary mucinous carcinoma with pancreaticobiliary maljunction and sphincterotomized papilla: a case report.

Yoshifumi MoritaTomohiro AkutsuMitsumasa MakinoMiku ObayashiShinya IdaRyuta MurakiRyo KitajimaAmane HirotsuMakoto TakedaHirotoshi KikuchiYoshihiro HirmatsuYasushi HamayaKen SugimotoHiromi KatoMatsuyuki DoiYukichi TanahashiSatoshi GoshimaTakanori SakaguchiHiroya Takeuchi

Published in: Surgical case reports (2021)

The extreme risk of severe pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy should be considered in patients with PBM and sphincterotomized papilla. In this extraordinary situation, surgeons should promptly decide whether to resect the remnant pancreas to prevent losing the patient.

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