Clinical value of penetrating-suture type of pancreaticojejunostomy after pancreaticoduodenectomy

Abstract

Objective To investigate the clinical value of penetrating-suture type pancreaticojejunostomy (PPJ) after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD).Methods The clinical data of 77 patients who received pancreaticoduodenectomy from Taixing People's Hospital from June 2002 to March 2012 were retrospectively analyzed.Of all the patients,34 received PPJ after PD (PPJ group),and the other 43 patients received PJ anastomosis (control group) based on the texture and size of the pancreas,pancreatic duct diameter (duct-to-mucosa pancreaticojejunostomy for pancreatic duct diameter ≥ 4 mm,end-to-end or binding pancreaticojejunostomy for pancreatic duct diameter ≤3 mm).Pancreatic fistula was diagnosed according to the criteria of the International Study Group on Pancreatic Fistula,including grade B or C pancreatic fistula with clinical value.Patients were followed-up through outpatient examination and telephone interview till May 2012.Data were presented by x ± s or median (range) and the t-test and Wilcoxon rank-sum test were used to evaluate quantitative data with or without normal distribution,respectively.Qualitative data were analyzed using Pearson x2 test or Fisher's exact test.Results The mean diameter of the pancreatic duct was 3 mm for both the PPJ group and the control group.The external drainage via the pancreatic duct stent was not used in the PPJ group,compared with 4 cases in the control group,showing a statistically significant difference between the 2 groups (x2=3.632,P ＜ 0.05).The duration of pancreaticojejunostomy was 12 minutes (range,8-25 minutes) in the PPJ group,while no records in the control group.The operation time and intraoperative blood loss in the PPJ group and the control group were (304 ± 60)minutes and (475 ± 75) mL,(304 ± 60) minutes and (500 ± 97) mL,respectively.Twenty-four (70.6％) patients in the PPJ group and 29 (67.4％) patients in the control group received intraoperative blood transfusion,with volume of 400 mL (range,300-800 mL) and 600 mL (range,300-1 200 mL),respectively.The median duration of postoperative hospital stay were 18 days (range,11-32 days) in the PPJ group and 20 days (range,9-44 days) in the control group.None of these comparisons were statistically significant between the 2 groups (t =1.293,0.619,x2=0.088,Z =0.165,0.074,P ＞0.05).The rate of grade B or C pancreatic fistula were 0 for the PPJ group and 27.9％ (12/43) for the control group,and the mortality rate of patients who had pancreatic fistula were 0 and 11.6％ (5/43) for the PPJ group and the control group,with statistical significance (x2=11.232,4.237,P ＜0.05).The overall incidence of bile leakage,peritoneal bleeding and delayed gastric emptying in the PPJ group and the control group were 5.9％ (2/34),2.9％ (1/34),5.9％ (2/34) and 11.6％ (5/43),7.0％ (3/43),14.0％ (6/43),with no significance difference (P ＞0.05).Fifty-six patients were followed up after operation from 9 months to 5 years.Pancreatic duct dilation was detected by imaging examination for 26 patients in the control group.Conclusions PPJ is a simple and feasible approach with better clinical efficacy after PD. Key words: Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Pancreaticojejunostomy; Penetrating-suture type pancreaticojejunostomy; Pancreatic fistula