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NCT ID: NCT04798560 Recruiting - Pancreatic Fistula Clinical Trials

Identifing Risk Factors for Pancreaticojejunostomy Leakage Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Start date: October 10, 2018
Phase:
Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Pancreatic cancer is an aggresive type of cancer with poor mean survival rates despite improvements in chemotherapy regimens and advances in surgical techniques. Surgery is the only therapeutic option with an intend to treat. Pancreaticoduodenectomy is indicated for malignancy in the pancreatic head as well as other periampullary tumors. One of the most fatal complications after Whipple operation is postoperative pancreatic fistula as a result of pancreatojejunostomy leakage. Various risk factors for pancreatojejunostomy leakage have been proposed, while there are others less studied.