Stenting Versus Non-Stenting in Pancreaticojejunostomy

Objectives: We prospectively investigated the efficacy of an external pancreatic duct stent to prevent pancreatic fistula in the nonfibrotic pancreas after pancreaticojejunostomy, in which the degree of pancreatic fibrosis was assessed objectively by using dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods: Among the 67 consecutive patients who underwent pancreatic head resection, 45 patients were judged to have a normal pancreas without fibrosis...