Mortality and postoperative complications after different types of surgical reconstruction following pancreaticoduodenectomya systematic review with meta-analysis


Schorn S., Demir I. E., Vogel T., Schirren R., Reim D., Wilhelm D., ...More

LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY, vol.404, no.2, pp.141-157, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 404 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00423-019-01762-5
  • Journal Name: LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.141-157
  • Keywords: Braun enteroenterostomy, Braun anastomosis, Child reconstruction, Iso-Roux-En-Y-reconstruction, Pancreas surgery, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, INTERNATIONAL STUDY-GROUP, ROUX-EN-Y, PYLORUS-PRESERVING PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY, GASTRIC-EMPTYING DGE, PANCREATIC FISTULA, BRAUN ENTEROENTEROSTOMY, RISK-FACTORS, CONSECUTIVE PANCREATICODUODENECTOMIES, CONVENTIONAL RECONSTRUCTION, PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BackgroundPancreaticoduodenectomy/PD is a technically demanding pancreatic resection. Options of surgical reconstruction include (1) the child reconstruction defined as pancreatojejunostomy/PJ followed by hepaticojejunostomy/HJ and the gastrojejunostomy/GJ the standard/s-Child, (2) the s-child reconstruction with an additional Braun enteroenterostomy BE-Child, or (3) Isolated-Roux-En-Y-pancreaticojejunostomy Iso-Roux-En-Y, in which the pancreas anastomosis is reconstructed in a separate loop after the GJ. Yet, the impact of these reconstruction methods on patients' outcome has not been sufficiently compared in a systematic manner.MethodsA systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted according to the Preferred-Reporting-Items-for-Systematic-review-and-Meta-Analysis/PRISMA-guidelines by screening Pubmed/Medline, Scopus, Cochrane Library and Web-of-Science. Articles meeting predefined criteria were extracted and meta-analysis was performed.ResultsNineteen studies were identified comparing BE-Child or Isolated-Roux-En-Y vs. s-Child. Compared to s-Child neither BE-Child (p=0.43) nor Iso-Roux-En-Y (p=0.94) displayed an impact on postoperative mortality, whereas BE-Child showed less postoperative complications (p=0.02). BE-Child (p=0.15) and Iso-Roux-En-Y (p=0.61) did not affect postoperative pancreatic fistula/POPF in general, but BE-Child was associated with a decrease of clinically relevant POPF (p=0.005), clinically relevant delayed gastric emptying/DGE B/C (p=0.004), bile leaks (p=0.01), and hospital stay (p=0.06). BE-Child entailed also an increased operation time (p=0.0002) with no impact on DGE A/B/C, hemorrhage, surgical site infections and pulmonary complications.ConclusionBE-Child is associated with a decreased risk for postoperative complications, particularly a decreased risk for clinically relevant DGE, POPF, and bile leaks, whereas Iso-Roux-En-Y does not seem to affect the clinical course after PD. Therefore, BE seems to be a valuable surgical method to improve patients' outcome after PD.