ArticleLangenbeck's archives of surgery2021
Pancreatic fistulas following distal pancreatectomy are unrelated to the texture quality of the pancreas.
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- Video-based OSATS and GEARS assessment of pancreatic transection and stump closure predicts clinically relevant pancreatic fistula after robotic distal pancreatectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Clinical Evaluation of Postoperative Day 3 Serum Lipase in Relation to Clinically Relevant Pancreatic Fistula After Distal Pancreatectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Correlation between inflammation, vascularization, adipocyte percentage and exocrine cell percentage at the resection margin and the postoperative pancreatic fistula rate after distal pancreatectomy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Article
- International validation of the distal pancreatectomy fistula risk score: evaluation in minimally invasive and open surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Prolonged pre-firing pancreatic compression with linear staplers in distal pancreatectomy: a valuable technique for post-operative pancreatic fistula prevention.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Article
- Development of a Nomogram to Predict Clinically Relevant Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy on the Basis of Visceral Fat Area and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Annals of surgical oncology · 2023Article
- Drain fluid biomarkers for prediction and diagnosis of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula: A narrative review.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeThe relevance of pancreatic texture for pancreatic fistula (POPF) formation after distal pancreatectomy (DP) remains ill defined. Recent POPF definition adjustments and common subjective pancreatic texture assessment are further drawbacks in the investigation of pancreatic texture as a factor for POPF development after DP.
methodsThe predictive value of pancreatic texture by histologic assessment was investigated for POPF formation after DP, respecting the updated 2016 fistula definition. Histologic evaluation at the resection margin included amount of steatosis, degree of fibrosis, and pancreatic duct size.
resultsA total of 102 patients who underwent DP were included. Thirty-six patients developed POPF. There was no difference in histologic variables in patients with and without POPF. In the univariate analysis, none of the three histologic features showed significant correlation with POPF formation. The ROC (receiver operating characteristic) curve demonstrated poor utility for the grade of steatosis 0.481 ± 0.058 (p = 0.75) and grade of fibrosis 0.466 ± 0.058 (p = 0.57) as predictive factors for POPF formation.
conclusionResults indicate that pancreatic texture does not predict POPF formation following DP. This is particularly relevant in the context of the increasing use of robotic and laparoscopic approaches for DPs with limited clinical pancreatic texture assessment by palpation.
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