Chikh-Torab F, Shugaa A, Schoenberg M H, Beger H G
Abteilung für Allgemeinchirurgie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Ulm.
Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1996;113:249-51.
The high morbidity and mortality after resection of the pancreas are mostly due to pancreas anastomosis. Cattell-Warren anastomosis is a technique of pancreaticojejunostomy with low complications. Cattell-Warren anastomosis, combined with octreotide therapy, is a safe method to decrease the morbidity after resection of the pancreas.