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Puestow procedure

Case contributed by Behrang Amini
Diagnosis certain
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The Puestow procedure is a lateral side-to-side pancreaticojejunostomy that is used for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis. The pancreas is essentially filleted along its long axis from the uncinate process to the tail and connected to a Roux-en-Y loop of jejunum. 

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