Resumen

DE ARETXABALA U, XABIER et al. Diagnosis and management ofpancreatoduodenectomy complications. Rev Chil Cir [online]. 2012, vol.64, n.4, pp. 395-401. ISSN 0718-4026.  doi: 10.4067/S0718-40262012000400013.

Pancreatoduodenectomy continues to have a high rate of complications. The most common and severe complications are intra or postoperative bleeding, pancreatic fistulae and derangements of gastric emptying. Each of these requires a great deal of clinical suspicion and an multidisciplinary management. This is a review of these complications, their clinical manifestations and their management.

Palabras clave : Pancreatoduodenectomy; complications.