The unsolved problem of fistula after left pancreatectomy: The benefit of cautious drain management

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 837-842

  Balzano, Gianpaolo ^a,b   Zerbi, Alessandro ^a   Cristallo, Marco ^a   Di Carlo, Valerio ^a  

^a Department of Surgery   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Fistula; Pancreas; Surgery; Technique

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FISTULA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPLER; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SUTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC FISTULA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244485439     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.01.287     Document Type: Article

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