Pancreas-visceral fat CT value ratio and serrated pancreatic contour are strong predictors of postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticojejunostomy.
Tomoki KusafukaHiroyuki KatoYusuke IizawaDaisuke NoguchiKazuyuki GyotenAoi HayasakiTakehiro FujiiYasuhiro MurataAkihiro TanemuraNaohisa KuriyamaYoshinori AzumiMasashi KishiwadaShugo MizunoMasanobu UsuiHiroyuki SakuraiShuji IsajiPublished in: BMC surgery (2020)
The pancreas-visceral fat CT value ratio and serrated-type pancreas are useful markers to preoperatively identify true POPF high-risk groups in patients undergoing PD, regardless of the pancreatic texture judged intraoperatively.