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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-584X/1510063
Visceral Artery Pseudoaneurysm Rupture after Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Tolga Aliyazicioglu, Senol Carilli, Izzet Rozanes and Ali Sami Emre
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 31, 2018
Although mortality after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) in high volume centers is less than 5%, morbidity is still as high as 30 - 50%. Hemorrhage from ruptured pseudoaneurysm is a rapidly progressing and potentially fatal complication after PD.Visceral pseudoaneurysm after pancreatic surgery is well known by surgeons. Postpancreatectomy hemorrhage is a life threatening entity, and must be managed urgently. Here we report two cases, late massive bleeding after pancreaticoduodenectomy. First case i...
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