Surgery for Chronic Pancreatitis: Cross-Sectional Imaging of Postoperative Anatomy and Complications

Sandrasegaran K, Maglinte DD, Howard TJ, Lappas JC.

OBJECTIVE: Surgery is increasingly undertaken for intractable chronic pancreatitis. We evaluated the postsurgical anatomy and complications of surgical options including Whipple, Puestow, Freys, and Begers procedures.

CONCLUSIONS: Knowledge of postsurgical anatomy is important to avoid misdiagnos-ing expected anatomy as complications on CT examinations. It is important to carefully assess the upper abdominal arteries to detect subtle but potentially lethal complications.