[Complications after pancreatoduodenectomy in material from clinics in the years 1989-1996]

On the basis of 101 pancreatoduodenectomies the authors present early postoperative complications. Cancer was surgical indication for pancreatoduodenectomy in 87 patients and inflammatory tumor of pancreatic head in 14 patients. Complications occurred in 37 cases. The most frequent complications were pancreatic fistula and disturbances of stomach emptying, in most cases treated conservatively. Mortality rate was 6.9%.