• Vishal Gupta, Saket Kumar, Vivek Gupta, Pradeep Joshi, Rahul Rahul, Rakesh Kumar Yadav, Amit Dangi, and Abhijit Chandra.
• Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
• Hepatob Pancreat Dis. 2019 Apr 1; 18 (2): 181-187.

BackgroundBlumgart's pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ) has been described with low pancreatic leak rates. This study aimed to evaluate our experience with this technique regarding the pancreatic leak and other perioperative outcomes.MethodsWe performed a single-center retrospective analysis of a cohort of 81 patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy in our department from January 2011 to February 2018. The primary endpoint was the occurrence of a clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula (CR-POPF) and analysis of its risk factors.ResultsThe CR-POPF rate was 12.3%. Fistula risk score (FRS) was the only significant risk factor for the occurrence of overall POPF in multivariate analysis. However, none of the other factors including FRS was found to be significantly associated with CR-POPF risk. A strong positive correlation was found between the CR-POPF and the incidence of delayed gastric emptying, post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage and increased length of hospital stay.ConclusionBlumgart's technique is a safe technique of pancreatico-enteric anastomosis with low rates of CR-POPF. CR-POPF with this technique is independent of most of the preoperative and intraoperative factors. Therefore, this technique can be used for all types of the pancreas with consistently good results.Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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