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Postoperative Acute Pancreatitis Triggers Fistula After Pancreatoduodenectomy

July 7, 2026

Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) and postpancreatectomy acute pancreatitis (PPAP) are major contributors to complications after pancreatoduodenectomy—but the link between these two comorbidities and mortality is not fully understood. Listen to Dr. Manish Bhandare discuss his recent JACS article on this topic, which found that PPAP is the pivotal trigger in the clinically relevant POPF-mortality cascade after pancreatoduodenectomy.

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