Early identification of postoperative pancreatic fistula may reduce the risk of postoperative hemorrhage in pancreatic resected patients

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 637-639

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Intraoperative complications; Pancreatic diseases; Pancreatic fistula; Surgical procedures, operative

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS HEMORRHAGE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34648833288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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