Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2032104 Advances in Medical Sciences 2014 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

PurposeTo evaluate the quality of life in a 2-year follow-up study in consecutive subjects who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy with different reconstruction techniques: pancreaticojejunostomy or pancreaticogastrostomy.Patients/methodsOne hundred and ninety-seven consecutive patients were studied: 164 (83.2%) had malignant and 33 (16.8%) had benign disease. The EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire was administered at 5 different time points for evaluation: before surgery, and 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after discharge.ResultsPancreaticojejunostomy was performed in 189 patients (95.9%) and pancreaticogastrostomy in 8 patients (4.1%). In the follow-up evaluation, the quality of life significantly improved using the various surgical approaches; improvement over time was not significantly different among the various reconstruction techniques.ConclusionsIn clinical practice, different surgical reconstruction techniques are equally effective in improving the quality of life after pancreaticoduodenectomy.

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