LONG-TERM RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYSTS USING NONCONTACT ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION.
It was made a comparative evaluation of late results of surgical treatment of 72 patients with complicated pancreaticpseudocysts, including 29 patients by means of intraoperative use of noncontact argon plasma coagulation. Analysis of adverse outcomes showed that the operation of external drainage characterized by the most unfavorable postoperative period and are accompanied by the most prolonged period of rehabilitation in connection with the frequent formation of external pancreatic fistula and recurrence of pseudocysts. Intraoperative application of argon plasma coagulation helped to reduce the number of the formation of external pancreatic fistulas with 47,9 % to 25,0 % and the recurrence of pseudocysts after external drainage operations from 20,3 % to 12,5 %.