Use of ultrasonically activated shears improves the safety of pancreaticojejunostomy after pancreaticoduodenectomy

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1258-1261

  Neumayer, Leigh A ^a   Cochran, Amalia ^b   Melby, Spencer ^c   Foy, Hugh M ^a   Wallack, Marc K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BLEEDING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM ULCER; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREAS JUICE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONICALLY ACTIVATED SHEAR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0036850060     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.137.11.1258     Document Type: Article

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