Clinical Study

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

Table 4

Results of surgery for duodenal dystrophy.

ProcedureNumberMorbidityFull symptoms elimination SteatorrheaNew diabetes mellitus

PD + Nakao295 (17%)23 (79%)4 (14%)3 (10%)
DPPHR532
Internal drainage822 11

Pancreas-preserving duodenal resections (PPDR)
With direct duodeno-duodenoanastomosis423
Subtotal duodenectomy33
With intestinal interposition212
Distal gastrectomy11
All PPDRs1039

PD: pancreaticoduodenectomy, Nakao: Nakao procedure, DPPHR: duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection.