• Department of Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
TIAN Bole, Email: hxtbl0338@126.com
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Objective To estimate the prognosis of duodenum-preserving resection of pancreatic head (DPRPH) in the treatment of space occupying with extensive calcification of pancreatic head, and to summarize the key points of surgery.Methods The clinical data of a middle-aged woman with rare space occupying with extensive calcification of pancreatic head who underwent surgery in Department of Pancreatic Surgery of West China Hospital in May. 2016 was collected and analyzed.Results The DPRPH operation was successfully completed, with the operative time was 207 min, the intraoperative blood loss was 130 mL, and the hospital stay was 12 d. Removing time of the gastric tube and off-bed activity were on the 3rd day after operation, and the volume of peritoneal drainage per day was decreasing from 30 mL to 10 mL until 7th day after operation. We made examination of serum amylase and fluid amylase for the patient every 2 days, and the examination indexes were within normal level. After removing the peritoneal drainage tube, the pain was obviously relieved on the 12th day after operation, then the patient made hospital discharge. There was no observable pancreatic fistula, duodenal fistula, biliary fistula, delay gastric emptying, peritoneal effusion, pleural effusion, abdominal infection, and abdominal bleeding, neither nor any special discomfort. During the follow-up period of 18 months, we got a good prognosis without any symptom of relapse or discomfort according to the result of CT scans and other examinations.Conclusion DPRPH can make a satisfied prognosis in the treatment of rare space occupying with extensive calcification of pancreatic head.

Citation: ZHU Yunjie, WANG Li, CHEN Yang, TIAN Bole. Surgical resection of space occupying with extensive calcification of pancreatic head. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2019, 26(1): 82-85. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.201805089 Copy

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