David B Adams1. 1. Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. adamsdav@musc.edu
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The Puestow procedure, also called lateral pancreaticojejunostomy, has been the mainstay of surgical therapy for dilated duct chronic pancreatitis for decades. CONCLUSION: Principles that Puestow and Gillesby described in 1958 are pertinent to the modern conduct of this operation that is described with current practice guidelines.
INTRODUCTION: The Puestow procedure, also called lateral pancreaticojejunostomy, has been the mainstay of surgical therapy for dilated duct chronic pancreatitis for decades. CONCLUSION: Principles that Puestow and Gillesby described in 1958 are pertinent to the modern conduct of this operation that is described with current practice guidelines.