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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of children with pancreaticopleural fistula (n = 22)

From: Pancreaticopleural fistula in children with chronic pancreatitis: a case report and literature review

 

No

%

Demographics

 Male

13

59.1

Etiology

 CP

17

77.3

 traumatic

4

18.2

 ?Congenital ductal anomaly

1

4.5

Accompanied by pancreatic pseudocyst

16

72.7

Main manifestations

 dyspnea

15

68.2

 abdominal pain

8

36.4

 thoracalgia

6

27.3

Diagnosis of fistula

 Imaging tests

17

77.3

 Surgery

3

13.6

 No fistula could be demonstrated

2

9.1

Conservative treatment

4

18.2

Endoscopic treatment

 ERPD

3

13.6

 EST + EPBD

1

4.5

 ERPD+ Stone extraction

1

4.5

 EST+ Stone extraction+ ERPD

1

4.5

 Nasopancreatic drainage followed by stenting of the duct

1

4.5

Surgery treatment

 LPJ

8

36.4

 Internal drainage of pseudocysts and anastomosed to a Roux-en-Y loop of jejunum

1

4.5

 Partial pancreatectomy

1

4.5

 Partial pancreatectomy, pancreatolithotomy and LPJ

1

4.5

  1. Note: EST Endoscopic sphincterotomy; ERPD Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatic Drainage; EPBD Endoscopic Papilia-sphincter Balloon Dilatation; LPJ Longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy