[Treatment of external pancreatic fistula]

In the clinic, 56 patients with an external pancreatic fistula was treated. After conservative treatment, a fistula closed in 43 patients, and was functioning in 13. Fistuloenterostomy was performed in 6 patients, resection of the left lobe of the pancreas--in 7. There were no complications and lethal outcomes. The method for return of the pancreatic juice into the duodenum has been suggested.