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Delayed gastric emptying after pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy--does gastrointestinal reconstruction technique matter?

Am J Surg

April 2016

Division of Surgical Oncology, The Dewitt Daughtry Department of Surgery, University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine, Clinical Reasearch Building, 4th Floor, 1120 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL 33136, USA; The Dewitt Daughtry Department of Surgery, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine, Clinical Reasearch Building, 4th Floor 1120 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL 33136, USA. Electronic address:

Background: The best gastrointestinal reconstruction route after pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy remains debatable. We aimed to evaluate the incidence of delayed gastric emptying (DGE) after antecolic (AC) and retrocolic (RC) duodenojejunostomy in these patients.

Data Sources: Studies comparing AC to RC reconstruction after pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy were identified from literature databases (PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCOPUS, and Cochrane).

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