Use of duct-to-mucosa nonstented pancreatojejunostomy in soft pancreas and small pancreatic duct: initial experience of the National Cancer Institute-BrazilBACKGROUND: Our goal is to report the morbimortality associated to the pancreatic reconstruction technique using duct-to-mucosa nonstented pancreatojejunostomy in soft pancreas and Wirsung's duct less than 3 mm. METHODS: We analyzed 16 consecutive patients submitted to DP with duct-to-mucosa pancreatojejunostomy technique in the Service of Abdominal-pelvic Surgery of NCI-Brazil. All patients had soft pancreatic texture and small pancreatic duct (< 3mm). RESULTS: From those 16 patients, eight were males, with an mean age of 55 years old. In the post-operative period one patient developed pancreatic fistula. There had been one death. CONCLUSION: We believe that duct-to-mucosa nonstented pancreatojejunostomy is possible in patients with pancreatic duct less than three mm and soft texture pancreas without increased morbimortality.
Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Pancreatojejunostomy; Anastomosis, Surgical; Pancreatic ducts