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Total pancreatectomy as alternative to pancreatico-jejunal anastomosis in patients with high fistula risk score: the choice of the fearful or of the wise?

Giovanni CaprettiGreta DonisiFrancesca GavazziGennaro NappoAndrea PansaLorenzo PiemontiAlessandro Zerbi
Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2021)
In high-FRS patients, ICP has good short-term outcomes relative to PD without major long-term events related to endocrine and exocrine insufficiency. ICP could be considered as a feasible alternative in selected cases.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • prognostic factors
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • drug induced
  • small bowel