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Filter by:Despite improvements and advances in pancreas surgery, about 30-35% of patients who have pancreas surgery develop a type of complication called a pancreatic fistula. A pancreatic fistula occurs when fluid produced by the pancreas leaks into the abdomen after pancreas surgery. Patients who develop a pancreatic fistula can have poor short-term and long-term consequences.We are studying the effect of a medical device named HEMOPATCH on the development and seriousness of pancreatic fistulas. HEMOPATCH is a thin, flexible bovine protein-based pad that may improve tissue sealing where it is applied during surgery. Some small studies called case studies of between 2 and 7 patients, and two clinical trials have shown that HEMOPATCH is effective at stopping bleeding and reducing drain output after some types of surgery. However, there have been no completed clinical trials using HEMOPATCH to prevent or reduce pancreatic fistulas in patients having pancreas surgery, so we don't know if it works in this setting. Health Canada has approved the use of HEMOPATCH as a device to stop bleeding or seal other bodily fluids for procedures in which the control of bleeding or leakage of other body fluids or air by standard surgical techniques are either ineffective or impractical.
Obesity is a well-established risk factor for acute pancreatitis (AP). As for non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease (NAFPD), it is evident that it is correlated with obesity. This is apparently the first study evaluating the association between NAFPD and severity of AP after taking into account several covariates.
This is a pilot study designed to determine if the bihormonal bionic pancreas provides improved blood glucose control, compared to the current standard of care, in individuals with hyperinsulinism who developed diabetes after having a pancreatectomy.
Number of patients with unsatisfactory pain relief defined as average visual analog scale (VAS) more than 5 with or without requirement of IVPCA for pain relief during the first 48 hours postoperative period will be compared between the two groups and form the primary outcome for the study. Postoperative pain intensity will be measured by Visual Analog Scale (VAS) with 0- being no pain and 10-being maximum pain and the analgesic efficacy in both groups will also be evaluated by the amount of total narcotic consumption (measured with IV morphine equivalent doses of analgesics used to provide pain relief).
- It has been known that the recent application of a goal-directed fluid therapy (GDFT) to the intraoperative fluid infusion in patients contributes to decreasing the prevalence of postoperative complications and shortening the length of study in the intensive care unit as well as hospital stay compared with conventional methods. - Laparoscopic surgery is in a trend that its application is being expanded recently, but there has been no report on the application of GDFT to laparoscopic surgery so far. - To this end, this study aims to apply the intraoperative GDFT protocol in patients undergoing laparoscopic hepatobiliary or pancreatic surgery and to find out whether there is any difference in postoperative recovery and incidences of postoperative complications, by comparing with patients applied with the fluid therapy using existing conventional methods
This is a prospective observational longitudinal study Aim of the study is to collect information: - on the organization models of the Endoscopic Units performing ERCP in Italy - on the previous and/or ongoing training of the endoscopists performing ERCP - on the clinical characteristics of patients undergoing ERCP in Italy as well as on the outcome
The aim of this study are to evaluate the feasibility of needle knife fistulotomy (NKF) as an initial procedure for biliary access in patients with biliary disease who are at increased risk for post-endoscopic retrograde endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (PEP) and to assess the incidence rate of complications including PEP between NKF and conventional cannulation methods.
Endoscopic treatment of pancreatic necrosis complicated by trans digestive track (duodenal or gastric) has become a standard technique validated. The rate of high technical and clinical success (76 to 91% in 3 months) and the lower morbidity in the literature explains that validation. However this treatment is done at the cost of a higher median number of treatment sessions (4-5) explaining prolonged hospitalization, delays in rehabilitation and potentially high costs. The constant improvement of therapeutic endoscopy equipment was allowed to see the advent of metal prosthesis completely covered by a membrane allowing them endoscopic extraction with ease. It has thus been recently developed short prostheses, of large diameter (up to 15/16 mm), with broad flange (or stent "diabolo") to be considered for use in the drainage of digestive peri collections. Few studies respectively determined the effectiveness of this type of prosthesis in the drainage of peri digestive collections Under echo endoscopy and treatment of necrosis of pancreatic origin. The purpose of this work is to evaluate multicenter prospective clinical and technical efficiency of laying completely covered stent "diabolo" in echo endoscopy for the treatment of necrosis of pancreatic origin.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the quality of life in patients undergoing the Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy, PD) for pancreatic cancer. The Whipple procedure can be done by laparoscopic (small incisions) or an open procedure (large incision) to treat the patients cancer. The goal of this study is to see if there is any difference in quality of life between patients who undergo the laparoscopic or the open Whipple procedure. Surgical technique (minimally invasive versus open) will be at the discretion of the operating surgeon. Patients will not be randomized to a treatment arm. A subset of these patients will also be asked to take part in a pre- and postoperative in-depth interview to explore the lived experiences of patients with resectable pancreatic cancer.
Comparison of confocal laser endomicroscopic in vivo diagnosis and ex vivo examination against surgical histopathology of cystic pancreatic lesions.