[X-ray diagnosis and the clinical aspects after pancreatectomy]

11 patients (three women) were examined 7 month to 12 years after total pancreatectomy. There were found differences of--34% to +23% between bodyweight and ideaweight. Three patients with a bodyweight less than 75% of the idealweight died, steatorrhea (8--19 g/die), bloodsugar oscillation in the 24 h-profile (40--820 mg%) and an intrinsic-factor-non-responsive vitamin B12-malabsorption without megaloblastic anemia. The roentgenexamination permitted a classification of the upper gastrointestinaltract in a type similar to B II or B I resection and a type with Y- Roux anastomosis for bilarydrainage.