The Rate of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula after Distal Pancreatectomy Is Independent of The Surgical Technique of The Closure of The Pancreatic Remnant

Distal pancreatectomy is a common procedure for benigne and malignant neoplasmas of pancreatic body or tail and can be performed with or without splenectomy depending on the lesion. Advances in visceral surgery reduced the mortality after pancreas resection, but morbidity due to postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) remains essentially unchanged ranging from 16% to 44%. Many techniques have been developed to prevent pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy, but even with all those techniques POPF rates remain high. The aim of our study was to evaluate POPF occurrence after closure of the pancreatic remna…