%0 Journal Article %T Open Transduodenal Stenting as an Option to Failed Endotherapy in Pancreatic Ascites %A Taghavi SJ %A Adamthwaite JA %A Menon KV %J JOP Journal of the Pancreas %D 2005 %I E S Burioni Ricerche Bibliografiche %X CONTEXT: Pancreatic ascites is rare and thought to be due to rupture of a pancreatic pseudocyst, main pancreatic duct disruption or leakage from an unknown site. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 33-year-old gentleman with a history of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis who presented with pancreatic ascites and was successfully treated with open transduodenal stenting and pancreatic and biliary sphincteroplasty. CONCLUSION: Open transduodenal stenting is an option to failed endotherapy in pancreatic ascites. %K Adult %K Ascites /diagnosis/pathology/surgery %K Cholangiopancreatography %K Endoscopic Retrograde %K Humans %K Laparotomy %K Male %K Pancreatic Diseases /diagnosis/pathology/surgery %K Pancreatic Ducts /pathology/surgery %K Pancreatic Fistula /pathology/surgery %K Pancreatic Pseudocyst %K Pancreatitis %K Alcoholic /diagnosis/pathology %K Sphincterotomy %K Transhepatic %K Stents %K Treatment Outcome %U http://www.joplink.net/prev/200503/11.html