Explores surgical outcomes in patients with pancreaticobiliary maljunction, highlighting risks of biliary cancer.
Pancreaticobiliary maljunction is a rare congenital anomaly occurring when the junction of the pancreatic and biliary ducts occurs outside of the duodenal wall. Patients with this anomaly have a higher risk of acute pancreatitis and biliary tract cancer. Therefore, patients ultimately undergo prophylactic surgery.
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