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Key clinical point: Asymptomatic patients with pancreatic trauma may have exocrine insufficiency when evaluated with specific investigations.
Major finding: Patients who underwent pancreatic resection had a lower fecal elastase value vs. those who did not, but the difference was not statistically significant (113 vs. 162.5 μg/g; P = .7). One patient in the resection group reported steatorrhea. Three patients in the pancreatic resection and 1 in the nonresection group had severe pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (P = .7). No patient required pancreatic enzyme supplements.
Study details: A study of 20 patients (mean age, 25 years) with pancreatic trauma between June 2016 and December 2017. Partial pancreatic resection was performed in 12 patients. Exocrine functions were evaluated with the fecal elastase test at 6 months.
Disclosures: No study sponsor was identified.
Citation: Colney L et al. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2021 Mar 14. doi: 10.1007/s00068-021-01638-8.
Key clinical point: Asymptomatic patients with pancreatic trauma may have exocrine insufficiency when evaluated with specific investigations.
Major finding: Patients who underwent pancreatic resection had a lower fecal elastase value vs. those who did not, but the difference was not statistically significant (113 vs. 162.5 μg/g; P = .7). One patient in the resection group reported steatorrhea. Three patients in the pancreatic resection and 1 in the nonresection group had severe pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (P = .7). No patient required pancreatic enzyme supplements.
Study details: A study of 20 patients (mean age, 25 years) with pancreatic trauma between June 2016 and December 2017. Partial pancreatic resection was performed in 12 patients. Exocrine functions were evaluated with the fecal elastase test at 6 months.
Disclosures: No study sponsor was identified.
Citation: Colney L et al. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2021 Mar 14. doi: 10.1007/s00068-021-01638-8.
Key clinical point: Asymptomatic patients with pancreatic trauma may have exocrine insufficiency when evaluated with specific investigations.
Major finding: Patients who underwent pancreatic resection had a lower fecal elastase value vs. those who did not, but the difference was not statistically significant (113 vs. 162.5 μg/g; P = .7). One patient in the resection group reported steatorrhea. Three patients in the pancreatic resection and 1 in the nonresection group had severe pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (P = .7). No patient required pancreatic enzyme supplements.
Study details: A study of 20 patients (mean age, 25 years) with pancreatic trauma between June 2016 and December 2017. Partial pancreatic resection was performed in 12 patients. Exocrine functions were evaluated with the fecal elastase test at 6 months.
Disclosures: No study sponsor was identified.
Citation: Colney L et al. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2021 Mar 14. doi: 10.1007/s00068-021-01638-8.