THE INFLUENCE OF SOMATOSTATIN ON POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOME AFTER ELECTIVEPANCREATIC SURGERY

Citation
R. Vanhee et al., THE INFLUENCE OF SOMATOSTATIN ON POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOME AFTER ELECTIVEPANCREATIC SURGERY, Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 98(2), 1998, pp. 62-65
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ISSN journal
00015458
Volume
98
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
62 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5458(1998)98:2<62:TIOSOP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A series of 34 patients with pancreatic resections was evaluated with respect to the occurrence of local and general complications. Two grou ps were compared, depending on whether or not treatment with somatosta tin was instituted. Postoperative morbidity and mortality were less fr equent when somatostatin was given (resp. 50.0 and 5.5%) than when it was omitted (resp. 68.7 and 31.2%). Less complications were observed a fter resections performed for chronic pancreatitis than for pancreatic cancer in the non somatostatin-treated group. It is concluded that so matostatin treatment may be beneficial in preventing complications aft er elective pancreatic surgery.