Post-pancreatectomy Acute Pancreatitis after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Distinct Clinical Entity.

PPAP is a distinct complication after PD with distinctive clinical outcomes. A part of PPAP presents as an inflammatory process in the early postoperative period but sometimes could lead to necrotizing pancreatitis or other severe clinical scenarios, and another part of PPAP would lead to anastomotic failure that accounts for a great proportion of POPF occurrence.