Is pancreatic surgery risky?

One part of the pancreatic surgery is more risky and the other part is less risky, depending on the patient’s physical condition and the chosen procedure. If a partial pancreatectomy is done, especially the removal of the body and tail of the pancreas, the risk is not high. Because the risk of intestinal fistula is generally low, the risk of bleeding is also low. After the surgery, the patient recovers more quickly by actively giving nutritional fluids for supportive treatment and giving human albumin and other related treatments. If the patient has a malignant tumor of the pancreas, then radical pancreaticoduodenal surgery is required, which requires intraoperative anastomosis of the pancreas and intestine, intestine to intestine, and sometimes bile duct to intestine. After the surgery, a fistula may develop in the healed position, and the life of the patient will be endangered.