Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: We read with interest the article by Choron and colleagues1 reporting a retrospective multicenter analysis of 95 patients with the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) grade IV–V duodenal and/or pancreatic injuries treated at 35 level 1 trauma centers during an 11-year period. The authors hypothesized that a pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) does not result in improved outcomes when compared with non-PD surgical management of grade IV–V pancreaticoduodenal injuries and report an overall 20% mortality rate, 12.5% in the PD cohort and higher mortality of 23.8% in the non-PD group. The authors are to be commended for addressing this important topic, which corroborates previous reports that severe injuries involving both the head of the pancreas and the duodenum continue to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality.1–4
Source: Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Authors: Jake Krige, Eduard Jonas
Institution: University of Cape Town
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,100
OpenAlex ID: W4408554035