Reproducibility of preoperative endoscopic injection of botulinum toxin into the sphincter of Oddi to prevent postoperative pancreatic fistula
oleh: Volk Andreas, Distler Marius, Müssle Benjamin, Berning Marco, Hampe Jochen, Brückner Stefan, Weitz Jürgen, Welsch Thilo
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| Diterbitkan: | De Gruyter 2018-01-01 |
Deskripsi
A postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is the most common and potentially life-threatening surgical complication in pancreatic surgery. One possible pharmacological treatment could be the endoscopic injection of botulinum toxin (BTX) into the sphincter of Oddi to prevent POPF. Promising data reported a significantly reduced rate of clinically relevant POPF. We analyzed the effect of BTX injection in our patients undergoing distal pancreatectomy (DP).