Pancreaticoduodenectomy

PD-ROBOSCORE Validated as a Robust Predictor of Major Morbidity After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Comparative Insights into Open and Robotic Approaches

By MedXY 10/11/2026

This study externally validates PD-ROBOSCORE as a predictor of major postoperative complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy, demonstrating its comparable performance across open and robotic techniques and highlighting its utility in surgical risk stratification.

Gastroenterology General Surgery news

Unveiling Postpancreatectomy Hemorrhage: Bleeding Sources, Cryptogenic Events, and Predictors of Severity from a Large Cohort Analysis

By MedXY 10/10/2026

This study of 1,722 pancreaticoduodenectomies identifies key bleeding sources and predictors for severe postpancreatectomy hemorrhage, highlighting the roles of bile leak and infection in patients with pancreatic fistula and redefining cryptogenic hemorrhage as a lower-risk subgroup.

Gastroenterology General Surgery news

Duct-to-Mucosa versus Other Pancreaticojejunostomy Techniques for Preventing Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula: Updated Evidence and Clinical Insights

By MedXY 10/12/2025

This Cochrane review update evaluates duct-to-mucosa pancreaticojejunostomy compared to other anastomotic techniques following pancreaticoduodenectomy for preventing postoperative pancreatic fistula, finding very low-certainty evidence and no clear superiority of any method.