Annales de chirurgie
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Annales de chirurgie · Sep 2001
[Use of vicryl mesh for reinforcing the pancreatic stump in pancreatojejunostomy].
After cephalic pancreaticoduodenectomy, the author suggests wrapping of the pancreatic stump with a vicryl strip on which the pancreatojejunal anastomosis can be fixed in order to prevent the risk of fistula.