Cystogastrostomy

Cystogastrostomy
SpecialtyGastroenterology

Cystogastrostomy is a surgery to create an opening between a pancreatic pseudocyst and the stomach when the cyst is in a suitable position to be drained into the stomach.[1] This conserves pancreatic juices that would otherwise be lost.[2] This surgery is performed by a pancreatic surgeon to avoid a life-threatening rupture of the pancreatic pseudocyst.[3]

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  2. ^ Ehrlich EW, Gonzales-Lavin L (December 1966). "Pseudocysts treated by cystogastrostomy. Assessment by catheter contrast visualization". Archives of Surgery. 93 (6): 996–1001. doi:10.1001/archsurg.1966.01330060140020. PMID 5954338.
  3. ^ Habashi S, Draganov PV (January 2009). "Pancreatic pseudocyst". World Journal of Gastroenterology. 15 (1): 38–47. doi:10.3748/wjg.15.38. PMC 2653285. PMID 19115466.