[Diagnosis and treatment of complicated pancreatic cysts]

The results of the treatment of 18 cases with complicated pancreatic cysts (11 men and 7 women) were studied. Good results were obtained after cystectomy and resection of the pancreas together with the cyst, when the latter was uncomplicated. With complications, external and more seldom internal drainage were preferred. In the postoperative period 3 patients developed persistent pancreatic fistula, one patient developed malignization of the cyst and another one -- thrombosis of the splenic vein.