Clinical Study

Pancreas-Preserving Approach to “Paraduodenal Pancreatitis” Treatment: Why, When, and How? Experience of Treatment of 62 Patients with Duodenal Dystrophy

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with duodenal dystrophy.

Procedure
PD + Nakao
DPPHR
PPDR
Draining procedures
Conservative treatment
All

Age45
(39–55)
40
(39–45)
48
(44–51)
48
(45–52)
44
(37–51)
46
(39–52)
Alcohol consumption before disease onset (mL)72
(70–72)
72
(72-72)
68.5
(54–74)
66
(60–72.75)
72
(63–75)
72
(60–72)
Body mass before disease onset82
(78–88)
84
(83–85)
84
(81–86)
86
(82–89)
89
(81–92)
84
(80–89)
Body mass at presentation72
(68–78)
69
(68–73)
67
(65–71)
70
(69–74)
71
(68–72)
70
(67–75)
Body mass after surgery78
(75–80)
73
(71–74)
80
(78–83)
72
(70–73)
71
(69–73)
75
(71–79)

The values are presented as medians with interquartile ranges (in brackets). PD: pancreaticoduodenectomy, Nakao: Nakao procedure, DPPHR: duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection, PPDR: pancreas-preserving duodenal resections.