Surgery or External drain for pseudocyst

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You wrote, " ...but the four surgeries(Berger Puestow, Frey, and Whipple)

that you described all seem to deal with the head of the pancreas, as far as I

know the problem is in the tail of the pancreas (It is called a remnant tail?) "

The Puestow does drain the entire pancreas since the duct is open from the

head to the tail and then connected to a loop of small intestine so that the

entire pancreas, both the head and the tail, can drain directly into the

intestines. I am not sure what other procedure they may be talking about. If I

find something else, I will let you know.

Karyn E. , RN,

Exec. Director, Pancreatitis Association International

5th Annual Symposium on Pancreatitis: September 16 & 17, 2005