Percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts is associated with a higher failure rate than surgical treatment in unselected patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 229, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 781-789

  Heider, Ryan ^a   Meyer, Anthony A ^a   Galanko, Joseph A ^a   Behrns, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033510657     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199906000-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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