ObjectiveTo summarize the application and the complications of pancreaticogastrostomy (PG) after pancreaticoduodenectomy(PD).
MethodThe domestic and international publications involving the theory, methods, and clinical application of PG were retrieved and reviewed.
ResultsPG was gradually concerned on the choice of the method of the digestive tract reconstruction after PD, in view of its advantages in theory and operation. The literatures about PG were increased in recent years. But the discussion of decreasing complications of PG after PD had yet to be unified.
ConclusionsPG is one of the important operations of digestive tract reconstruction after PD. The factors of operator and patient should be comprehensively considered in the choice of PG.
