We thank Anne M Sill, MSHS, GME Research Coordinator and Department Statistician for careful review of the statistics, and acknowledge Xihua Yang, MD, Pouya Aghajafari, MD, and Pouya Aghajafari, MD, for their contributions as co-authors on the original paper reporting this technique9.

This study was approved by the Ethics Committee (Institutional Review Board) of Saint Agnes Hospital (No. 2016-020).
1. Preparations
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	<li>Preoperatively, give&#160;5,000 units of heparin subcutaneously to prevent deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis, and give antibiotics per the hospital&#39;s surgical care improvement project (SCIP) policy, such as&#160;2 g of cefazolin and 500 mg of metronidazole.</li>
	<li>Place an epidural as discussed with the anesthesia team for optimal postoperative pain control and to promote enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS).</li>
	<li>Intraoperatively, perform a classic or pylorus-preserving PD in a standard fashion.7</li>
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2. Transection of the Pancreatic Neck
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	<li>Prior to transection of the pancreatic neck, place four full-thickness, transpancreatic, 3-0 silk, stay sutures on the superior and inferior edges of the pancreas and then divide the pancreatic neck between these stay sutures. Place a Crile clamp on each of the four silk sutures.</li>
	<li>Proceed to completion of the PD resection in standard fashion.</li>
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3. Preparing the Jejunum and Pancreas for Anastomosis
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	<li>After removal of the specimen, dissect the posterior surface of the pancreas free from the retroperitoneum for several centimeters.</li>
	<li>Bring the stapled end of the jejunum into position in preparation for anastomosis.</li>
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4. Suture Placement:
NOTE: The following sutures are placed in the following order to create the anastomosis (as shown in Figure 1).
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	<li>Two 3-0 silk CW sutures (cw)
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		<li>For each of these, take a full-thickness bite through the pancreas a few centimeters from the cut surface, one at the superior border and one at the inferior border of the pancreas, each passing through a generous seromuscular bite of jejunum, as shown in Figure 1. The bites through the jejunum should be approximately 6 cm from each other (to allow for 2 cm of jejunum on either side of the jejunotomy, which is typically ~2 cm in length, but will vary with the thickness of the pancreatic neck).</li>
		<li>Leave these sutures untied, as they will later join the inferior border of the pancreas to the antimesenteric border of the proximal jejunum, and the superior border to the more distal antimesenteric border of the jejunum, wrapping the jejunum around the sides of the pancreatic remnant covering the corners of the anastomosis and giving the final appearance of a colonial wig (Figure 1).</li>
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	</li>
	<li>Two 3-0 absorbable (e.g., VicrylTM) U-sutures (u)
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		<li>Place these two stitches with a straight(ened) needle. For the first one, starting at the proximal aspect of the jejunotomy and traveling anterior to posterior, take a full-thickness bite through the anterior wall of the jejunotomy, then a full thickness bite through the pancreas, about 1 cm from the cut surface, and just a few mm from the superior border, and then take&#160;a full-thickness bite through the posterior wall of the proximal jejunotomy.</li>
		<li>Now the needle is at the bottom of the &#34;U,&#34; so turn 180 degrees and reverse the path, travelling posterior-to-anterior, taking a full-thickness bite through the posterior jejunum, then pancreas, then anterior wall of the jejunum (Figure 1A, 1B). These U-stitches are used to compress the small ducts (similar to the Blumgart anastomosis11) and to keep the pancreas securely invaginated in the jejunotomy (similar to the &#34;dunking PJ&#34; anastomosis8).&#160;Place the second U-suture in a similar fashion, but at the distal half of the jejunotomy and inferior to the pancreatic duct (Figure 1A, 1B).</li>
		<li>Place a metallic probe (e.g., a Garrett dilator) in the pancreatic duct while taking the pancreatic bites close to the main pancreatic duct, to make sure that the suture does not go through the duct. Each of these should encompass most of the width of pancreatic parenchyma on either side of the&#160;pancreatic duct.</li>
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	</li>
	<li>Two silk 3-0 stay sutures (s)
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		<li>Attach a French-eye needle to the previously placed stay stitches on the pancreatic remnant, and take a full-thickness bite, in-to-out, through the jejunum 1 cm away from the jejunotomy. The purpose of these stitches is to secure the invagination of the corners of the pancreatic remnant deep into the jejunotomy.</li>
		<li>After placing stitches #1-3, pull taut on the s and u stitches to invaginate the pancreatic remnant into the jejunotomy, then proceed with tying them in the following order: u then s then cw (Figure 1C, 1D). The jejunum should now look much like a Colonial wig fitted snugly around the sides of a Colonial Whig&#39;s head.</li>
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	</li>
	<li>Several interrupted 3-0 silk sutures provide a final, outer layer (o)
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		<li>Place these stitches very closely together in a vertical fashion between the anterior border of the pancreatic remnant and the cut edge of the jejunum to hermetically seal the redundant cuff of jejunum remaining after tying the u sutures to pancreatic capsule (Figure 1). Two of these stitches may be placed posteriorly as well, typically in a horizontal fashion, either now or earlier, e.g., after&#160;placing the sutures in steps 1.2 above.</li>
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	</li>
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5. Placement of Omental Wrap
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	<li>Wrap the PJ anastomosis with a harvested tongue of healthy omentum. Place two, 19-F, round, fluted (e.g., Blake) drains near, but not touching, the anastomosis (the omental flap serves in part to protect the PJ from the drains).</li>
	<li>Perform the remainder of the reconstruction, viz., the hepaticojejunostomy and the gastro- or duodenojejunostomy, as previously described.7</li>
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6. Optional Adjuncts
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	<li>In cases with high-risk features, such as soft pancreas parenchyma, consider decompressing the bilopancreatic limb, e.g., with the creation of a Braun enteroenterostomy between the afferent and efferent limbs of the gastro- or duodenojejunostomy or between the afferent and efferent limbs of the hepaticojejunostomy. The administration of somatostatin analogues is also recommended and is supported by prospective, randomized data.</li>
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7. Postoperative Management
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	<li>Postoperatively, extubate the patient once stable from a hemodynamic and respiratory standpoint. Admit patients to the intensive care unit for overnight close monitoring, and follow local ERAS pathways.</li>
	<li>Initiate enteric feeds via an intraoperatively placed nasojejunal tube immediately postoperatively at a rate of 10 mL/h and advance to goal once there is evidence of return of small-bowel function. If starting somatostatin analogues pre- or intraoperatively, continue postoperatively.</li>
	<li>For high-risk cases, use pasireotide at 900 &#181;g twice daily for a week. For medium-risk cases and some low-risk cases, use octreotide at 100 &#181;g three times daily until the day of discharge.</li>
	<li>Check serum and drain amylase daily to evaluate for the presence of POPF. Remove drains on postoperative day #3, depending on the amylase level.</li>
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The authors have nothing to disclose.

There are many descriptions of novel PJs reported in the literature. It is generally true that the more ways that exist to perform a given task, the less likely there is a single perfect way to do it. This is likely accurate for PJ reconstruction as well. Each of the multiple different PJ techniques reported reports a low incidence of POPF. Nevertheless, POPF continues to be considered the &#34;Achilles heel&#34; of PD and more work is therefore needed to find a better way to construct this anastomosis.
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Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is described as the Achilles&#39; heel of pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) with an incidence rate ranging between 4&#8211;36%1,2,3. The goal of the presently described method of pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ), termed the &#34;Colonial Wig&#34; (CW), is to lower the rate of POPF following PD.
The morbidity of POPF is variable and it can range from being asymptomatic (Grade A, or clinically insignificant biochemical leak) to being symptomatic, causing deviation in the postoperative management, requiring percutaneous, endoscopic or angiographic interventions (Grade B) or requiring operative interventions, causing organ failure or death (Grade C)4. Multiple risk factors have been described to be associated with increased&#160;POPF, including soft pancreatic texture, small diameter of pancreatic duct, and increased intraoperative blood loss, and a&#160;validated 10-point scoring&#160;system has been described to predict the risk of POPF in patients undergoing PD5,6.
To reduce the incidence and mitigate the severity of POPF, several PJ reconstruction techniques have been described in the literature with a variable POPF incidence and severity. In this paper, we describe a novel PJ reconstructive technique, the CW PJ, which has the advantage of combining what we assess to be the best aspects of the best and most common techniques of the PJ. We compared the risk factors and outcomes of patients undergoing the new CW PJ technique versus standard techniques.

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Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is one of the most problematic complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). We describe a series of 48 pancreatic-head resections from our institution, in which we compare a new technique to create the pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ) reconstruction with standard techniques. The goal is to achieve a lower rate of POPF. This new PJ is termed the &#34;Colonial Wig&#34; (CW) PJ due to the novel appearance of the jejunum wrapping around the pancreas, resembling a Colonial wig wrapping around the head of a Colonial Whig (e.g.,&#160;George Washington). In our consecutive series, 22 cases were performed using the new CW technique to perform the PJ and were compared to 26 traditional PDs with traditional reconstruction. There was an incidence of clinically relevant POPF of 0% in the CW group, compared to 15% in 26 conventional PJs. Our proposed CW PJ reconstruction is&#160;associated with a lower the incidence of POPF following PD, and hence may be a way to improve outcomes after PD.

Perioperative data are found in our original publication on this procedure.9&#160;Briefly, the POPF rate for the first 26 (control) PDs was 27%. There were 3 (12%) grade-A (clinically insignificant) fistulas, 4 (15%) grade-B, and 0 grade-C fistulas. This clinically relevant POPF (CR-POPF) rate (grade B + grade C) was 15%. In the next 22 CW PJs, however, the CR-POPF rate was 0 (P = 0.052, by Chi-square test) among eligible cases. There was one grade-A POPF in the CW...

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Robotic Lateral Pancreaticojejunostomy for Chronic Pancreatitis

Lateral pancreaticojejunostomy (LPJ) has shown good postoperative outcomes in patients with painful, morphine dependent, chronic pancreatitis (CP). The recent rise of robotic and laparoscopic pancreatic surgery has found benefits such as reduced time to functional recovery. Few studies have reported on the feasibility, technique and outcome of robotic LPJ, especially including transection of the gastroduodenal artery. The present study describes the main steps for robotic LPJ in a patient with painful chronic pancreatitis with a dilated main pancreatic duct. The patient underwent robotic LPJ. The LPJ anastomosis is performed using a running suture technique in a longitudinal side-to-side manner. Routinely, the gastroduodenal artery is transected to drain the entire length of the main pancreatic duct. The patient is in French position; 7 trocars are placed (4 robotic, 2 laparoscopic assistants, 1 liver-retractor). After docking of the robot system, the omental bursa is opened, and the right gastroepiploic artery and vein are ligated at their base at the lower border of the pancreas. Intraoperative ultrasonography is performed in order to determine trajectory of the dilated main pancreatic duct which is opened for its entire length after the gastroduodenal artery has been suture ligated both cranially and caudally from the main pancreatic duct. A Roux limb is created, and a latero-lateral PJ is fashioned using several 3-0 barbed sutures. A stapled jejuno-jejunostomy is created at sufficient distance from the pancreatic anastomosis, aided by a 50 cm suture. The described technique for robotic LPJ is a complex but feasible operation for patients with treatment refractory CP and a dilated main pancreatic duct. Due to its complexity, implementation in high volume centers with extensive experience with CP surgery may improve outcomes.

Robotic lateral pancreaticojejunostomy (RLPJ) may be used in patients with painful, morphine dependent, chronic pancreatitis and a dilated main pancreatic duct. We describe a standardized and reproducible technique for RLPJ, which includes transection of the gastroduodenal artery.

Lateral pancreaticojejunostomy (LPJ) has shown good postoperative outcomes in patients with painful, morphine dependent, chronic pancreatitis (CP). The ...

Robotic Central Pancreatectomy with Roux-en-Y Pancreaticojejunostomy

Central pancreatectomy is a parenchyma-sparing alternative to distal pancreatectomy in patients with a benign or low-grade malignant tumor in the body of the pancreas. The aim of central pancreatectomy is to prevent postoperative life-long endocrine and exocrine insufficiency. The downside of central pancreatectomy is the high rate of postoperative pancreatic fistula, which is the main reason that many surgeons do not routinely use central pancreatectomy in eligible patients. Most studies report open or laparoscopic central pancreatectomy with a pancreatico-gastrostomy anastomosis in adults. This is the first description of a standardized approach to robotic central pancreatectomy with Roux-en-Y pancreaticojejunostomy reconstruction in an adolescent (16-year-old boy) with a pseudopapillary tumor in the body of the pancreas. The operation time was 248 min with 20 mL of blood loss. The postoperative course was uneventful except for the short-term medical treatment for a grade B pancreatic fistula. Robotic central pancreatectomy can be safely applied in selected patients in experienced centers.

Robotic central pancreatectomy may be used in selected patients in experienced centers. This protocol presents all steps and the feasibility of a robotic central pancreatectomy with Roux-en-Y pancreaticojejunostomy in a 16-year-old adolescent patient.

Central pancreatectomy is a parenchyma-sparing alternative to distal pancreatectomy in patients with a benign or low-grade malignant tumor in the body of ...