Delayed gastric emptying is associated with pylorus-preserving but not classical Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy: A review of the literature and critical reappraisal of the implicated pathomechanism

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 37, 2006, Pages 5951-5958

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Avgerinos, Costas ^a   Manes, Costas ^a   Lytras, Dimitris ^a   Dervenis, Christos ^a  

^a AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Delayed gastric emptying; Pancreatic surgery; Pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy; Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; OCTREOTIDE; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DUODENUM CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PYLORUS; REVIEW; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH EMPTYING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA;

EID: 33750226840     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5951     Document Type: Review

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