Method of pancreatoduodenal resection and intraoperative prevention of acute pancreatitis

: In the period from 1988 to 1991 the authors carried out 27 pancreatoduodenal resections with 11.1% mortality. From analysis of the results they formulated the main technical principles of this operation and suggested a complex of intraoperative measures for prevention of acute postoperative pancreatitis. The complex included application of a 5-fluorouracil-containing covering of the pancreas at the stage of exposure of the complex which will be removed; individualization of the methods for treatment of the pancreatic stump depending on the diameter of the pancreatic duct; the use of prolene in forming the pancreaticoenteroanastomosis; intraoperative administration of cephalosporins and dioxidine followed by antibacterial therapy; application of microsphere with cytostatics to the pancreas at the operation end for prolongation of pancreatic secretion suppression.