Benjamin Menahem, Lydia Guittet, Andrea Mulliri, Arnaud Alves, Jean Lubrano
OBJECTIVE: To review prospective randomized controlled trials to determine whether pancreaticogastrostomy (PG) or pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ) is associated with lower risks of mortality and pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). BACKGROUND: Previous studies comparing reconstruction by PG and PJ reported conflicting results regarding the relative risks of mortality and pancreatic fistula after these procedures. METHODS: MEDLINE, the Cochrane Trials Register, and EMBASE were searched for prospective randomized controlled trials comparing PG and PJ after PD, published up to November 2013...
May 2015: Annals of Surgery