TY - JOUR A2 - Mantas, Dimitrios AU - Floros, G. AU - Galanis, I. AU - Theodoropoulos, P. AU - Bartziotas, D. AU - Theodoropoulos, C. AU - Metaxa, M. AU - Giannos, G. AU - Tsintavis, P. AU - Stylianidis, G. AU - Klimopoulos, S. PY - 2021 DA - 2021/02/23 TI - Gastrostomy as a Preemptive Measure after Pancreatoduodenectomy against Delayed Gastric Emptying: A Small Case Series and a Review of the Literature SP - 6649914 VL - 2021 AB - Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is a common (20–30%) postoperative complication following pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) (Parmar et al., 2013). Various causes and preemptive measures have been suggested to decrease the occurrence of DGE. We added a simple step in the procedure of 26 consecutive pancreatic head resections, which seems to alleviate DGE and has never been highlighted before. SN - 2090-6900 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6649914 DO - 10.1155/2021/6649914 JF - Case Reports in Surgery PB - Hindawi KW - ER -