The pylorus: Take it or leave it? Systematic review and meta-analysis of pylorus-preserving versus standard whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic or periampullary cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1825-1834

  Karanicolas, Paul J ^a,b   Davies, Edward ^b   Kunz, Regina ^c   Briel, Matthias ^a,c   Koka, H Pavan ^a,b   Payne, Darrin M ^a,b   Smith, Shona E ^b   Hsu, Hui Ping ^d   Lin, Pin Wen ^d   Bloechle, Christian ^e   Paquet, Karl Joseph ^f   Guyatt, Gordon H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f Heinz Kalk Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Pylorus; Systematic review; Whipple procedure

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PYLORUS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPULLA OF VATER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; DATABASES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PYLORUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249866178     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9330-3     Document Type: Review

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