Terlipressin as the element of medicamentous technique redicing blood loss in proximal ­resection of pancreatic head in a patient with extrahepatic form of portal hypertension as the outcome of chronic pancreatitis

The article presents a case of the use of medicamentous technique redicing blood loss with terlipressin — a long-acting synthetic analogue of antidiuretic hormone. This pharmaceutical drug causes constrictin of arterioles, veins and venules, which leads to the reduction of blood flow in the visceral organs and pressure reduction in the portal system. In our federal institution of healthcare, a patient with chronic pancreatitis complicated by segmentary portal hypertension and portal cavernoma underwent proximal resection of pancreatic head by C. Fray, placing of a longitudinal pancreatojejunoanastomosis and azigoportal disconnection. The description of this case is aimed at drawing attention to relatively new and developing methods of medicamentous technique redicing blood loss, which in combination with surgical methods allows reducing perioperative blood loss in upper abdominal surgeries.