Table 4.
Clinicopathologic characteristics and operative findings of patients with operation failure (n = 6).
| No. | Age/Sex | Tumor Location | Cause of PAP | Severity | Preop. Max. Serum Amy/Lip (U/L) |
Preop. Max. CRP (mg/dL) |
Time to OP (days) |
OP Name | Field Findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 59/F | AoV | mass | Moderate | - | - | 45 | Exploration only | Adhesion around the pancreas Unable to approach pancreas |
| 2 | 58/M | Bile duct | ERCP | Severe | 527/921 | 0.07 | 90 | Total pancreatectomy | Severe necrotizing pancreatitis Hard to identify SMV |
| 3 | 72/F | Bile duct | ERCP | Mild | 1684/3827 | 9.54 | 7 | Total pancreatectomy | Necrotic change of the whole pancreas Unable to perform PJ anastomosis |
| 4 | 69/M | Bile duct | ERCP | Mod | 1260/3703 | 19.39 | 15 | Total pancreatectomy | Necrotic change of the whole pancreas Unable to perform PJ anastomosis |
| 5 | 77/M | Bile duct | mass | Mild | 100/382 | 0.92 | 20 | Exploration only | Necrotic change of the whole pancreas Bleeding tendency with friable tissue |
| 6 | 61/M | Pancreas | mass | Mild | 676/1713 | 8.63 | 19 | Total pancreatectomy | Necrotic change of the whole pancreas Unable to perform PJ anastomosis |
Abbreviations: PAP—preoperative acute pancreatitis; Preop.—preoperative; Max.—maximal; amy—amylase; lip—lipase; OP—operation; F—female; M—male; AoV—ampulla of Vater; ERCP—endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; SMV—superior mesenteric vein; PJ—pancreaticojejunostomy.