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Surg Case Rep. 2015;1(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s40792-015-0057-x. Epub 2015 Jun 26.

Successful surgical internal drainage of postoperative pancreatic pseudocyst through pancreaticojejunostomy with distal pancreatectomy: a case report.

Surgical case reports

Kazuya Sakata, Daisuke Hashimoto, Katsunobu Taki, Osamu Nakahara, Masaki Ohmuraya, Akira Chikamoto, Toru Beppu, Hideo Baba

Affiliations

  1. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8556 Japan.
  2. Department of Surgery, Taragi Municipal Hospital, 4210 Taragi, Kumamoto, 868-0598 Japan.
  3. Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan.

PMID: 26366351 PMCID: PMC4560123 DOI: 10.1186/s40792-015-0057-x

Abstract

Pancreatic pseudocyst is usually treated by percutaneous external drainage, endoscopic internal or external drainage, or surgical internal drainage such as cystogastrostomy. Surgical external drainage is an option if these procedures fail. We describe a case of a 70-year-old man with a pancreatic body pseudocyst that developed postoperatively. It was improved by endoscopic external drainage, and the stent was changed to an internal stent. However, surgery was required as the pseudocyst grew again. A direct approach to the pseudocyst was not possible because of severe adhesion. A distal pancreatectomy with pancreaticojejunostomy was performed, and an external pancreatic stent tube was inserted from the cut end into the duodenum to drain the pseudocyst. One month later, the pseudocyst disappeared, and the stent was removed.

Keywords: Distal pancreatectomy; Pancreatic pseudocysts; Pancreaticojejunostomy

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