Methods of preventing the occurrence of postoperative complications in patients with pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Background: The aim of this study was to develop a prevention system that allows to reduce frequency of pancreatic fistula and severe postoperative complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Methods: The results of 143 pancreatic head resections were analyzed at our department, in the period from January 2017 to December 2019. In the main group we proposed pancreatic fistula prevention system and assessment of sarcopenia that were applied in 56 patients during a year (from November 2018 to December 2019).