The effect of intraoperative fluid volume administration on pancreatic fistulas after pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Background: Fluid therapy may be one of the most controversial topics in perioperative management. However, data concerning the influence of perioperative fluid administration on complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy are sparse.

Methods: A group of 147 patients underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy for benign or malignant pathology of the pancreas or the periampullary region between 2005 and 2009.

Association of preoperative obstructive jaundice with postoperative infectious complications following pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Background/aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of obstructive jaundice on Infectious Complications of the patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Methodology: One-hundred and sixteen consecutive patients without preoperative biliary drainage underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy from January 2006 to April 2010 and their data of post-operative complication were analyzed. Different level of bilirubin and different times of jaundice on infectious complications of the patients underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy were analysis.