Contemporary Assessment of Need for Palliative Bypass After Aborted Pancreatoduodenectomy Following Neoadjuvant Therapy.
Timothy J VreelandPhillip M Kemp BohanTimothy E NewhookCasey J AllenLaura R PrakashJessica E MaxwellNaruhiko IkomaMichael P KimJeffrey E LeeMatthew H G KatzChing-Wei D TzengPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2022)
Following aborted PD, patients commonly develop obstructive symptoms. However, these symptoms can generally be managed without surgical intervention. In asymptomatic patients, preemptive surgical bypasses are not required at the time of aborted PD.