Analysis of post-pancreatoduodenectomy diarrhea:a report of 71 cases / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the etiology,mechanism and treatment of diarrhea after(pancreatoduodenectomy).Methods Based on the clinical data of 159 cases of pancreatoduodenectomy(performed) in the recent one and half years,the pathogenesis of post-pancreatoduodenectomy diarrhea was(analyzed) and the effect of different treatments was observed.Results Seventy-one cases had diarrhea,with an incidence of 44.7%.Tweenty-two cases had bacterial infection of the intestinal tract and 4 cases had fungus infection.The incidence of infection was 36.6%.In 64 cases diarrhea was relieved with effective treatment,accounting for 90.1% of all cases.Seven cases with chronic diarrhea had additional treatment with oral pancreatic enzyme and symptoms were relieved 2 weeks after treatment.Conclusions Diarrhea is frequently observed in patients after pancreatoduodenectomy,and the majority of them can be cured with(treatment) selected according to the pathogenesis.