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Endoscopically inserted stent as treatment for pancreatic ascites. A case report
K P Hämäläinen1, L Halme, E Tierala
1Fourth Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.
Acta Radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987)
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
After 3 weeks of unsuccessful conservative treatment, a pancreatic fistula with peritoneal fluid collection was managed with the endoscopic insertion of a stent from the duodenum into the pancreatic duct beyond the origin of the fistula. The patient who presented contraindications at surgery, made a remarkable recovery. At stent-retrieval, however, a stricture formation was seen in the main pancreatic duct.