Can We Predict Postoperative Pancreatic Leakage After Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using Preoperative Fecal Elastase-1 Level?

The measurement of fecal elastas-1 in stools is a sensitive and relatively inexpensive noninvasive test. The aim of this study was to study fecal elastase levels in patients who develop pancreatic leakage after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) to determine if fecal elastase level can be used to predict patients at high risk for pancreatic leakage after PD.Pancreatic function was considered normal when fecal elastase-1 concentration exceeded 200 μg/g...