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The complexity of pancreatic surgery along with technical variations in the types of anastomoses makes accurate understanding of normal postoperative appearances and complications imperative to avoid misdiagnosis. Mortality from surgery has significantly reduced as a result of modern interventional radiology techniques to promptly deal with complications such as hemorrhage and intra-abdominal sepsis resulting from pancreatic anastomotic leak (Zink et al. 2009). Interventional radiology is also increasingly utilized in the management of complications resulting from acute pancreatitis (Connor et al. 2005).

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  1. Department of Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Bexley Wing, St James’s University Hospital, LS9 7JT, Leeds, UK

    Krishna Menon MS, FRCS

  2. Department of Radiology, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Wakefield, UK

    John Brittenden MBChB, MRCP, FRCR

  3. Department of Radiology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

    Simon McPherson MRCP, FRCR, BSc

  4. Department of Radiology, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Huddersfield, UK

    Nikhil M. Bhuskute MBBS, MS, MRCS, FRCR

  5. Department of Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Bexley Wing, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK

    Andrew Smith MBBS, DM, FRCS, BSc

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Menon, K., Brittenden, J., McPherson, S., Bhuskute, N.M., Smith, A. (2012). The Pancreas. In: Brittenden, J., Tolan, D. (eds) Radiology of the Post Surgical Abdomen. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2775-8_4

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