Pancreaticoduodenectomy is a technically challenging procedure composed of multiple individual steps, many of which have multiple variations. This chapter describes the procedure of open pancreaticoduodenectomy in a step-by-step fashion and discusses variations in technique and complex situations that may be encountered.
Keywords
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Pancreatic cancer
- Ampullary cancer
- Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
- Hepaticojejunostomy
- Pancreaticojejunostomy
- Pancreatic fistula
- Delayed gastric emptying