Valero Liñán AS, Miota De Llama JI, González Masiá JA, Conde Inarejos B. Reinforced duct-mucosa anastomosis (REDMA). New alternative after cephalic duodepancreatectomy.
Cir Esp 2020;
100:S0009-739X(20)30351-1. [PMID:
33334552 DOI:
10.1016/j.ciresp.2020.11.003]
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Of the possible complications after a cephalic duodenopancreatectomy (CPD), the clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula (PPF) is the most important, especially in patients with pancreas of a soft consistency. The main objective of this work is to analyze the different postsurgical complications, with special emphasis on the rate of PPF on soft pancreas with a risk of moderate/high PPF, and its incidence between the two different types of sutures used by our group (classic vs reinforced duct-mucosa anastomosis [REDMA]).
METHODS
Retrospective observational study, between January 2017 and March 2020, of patients undergoing CPD in our unit after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Analysis of preoperative, intraoperative factors and postoperative complications observed during follow-up.
RESULTS
Sample of 34 patients; 67.6% (n = 23) of them under the classic protocol and 32.4% (n = 11) with REDMA. The only post-surgical complication in which we obtained statistical repercussion, without differences between cases and controls in terms of the risk of FPP, in favor of the REDMA anastomosis is that of FPP. Thanks to this surgical innovation, both the complications from stage IIIb, according to the Clavien-Dindo classification, and the mean hospital stay have also been reduced with statistical significance.
CONCLUSIONS
When REDMA reduces the rate of PPF in patients with moderate/high surgical risk of it, we consider it to be a useful alternative to consider in the reconstruction of transit after CPD.
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