[Morbidity and mortality in pancreatic resection].

Aim: Assess the postoperative morbidity rates in pancreatic resection.

Material And Method: Prospective observational study which includes 117 patients who underwent surgery consecutively due to pancreatic or periampullary tumours. In 61 of the patients, cephalic pancreatectomy was carried out; 15 underwent total pancreatectomy; one underwent enucleation and 40 underwent distal pancreatectomy.