Pancreatic fistula: Definition and current problems

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-251

  Butturini, Giovanni ^a,b   Daskalaki, Despoina ^a,b   Molinari, Enrico ^a,b   Scopelliti, Filippo ^a,b   Casarotto, Andrea ^a,b   Bassi, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pancreatic fistula; Pancreatic fistula definition; Pancreatoduodenectomy

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRIN GLUE; NEOPRENE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEVER; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALNUTRITION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

HUMANS; PANCREATIC FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44949251955     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-007-1301-y     Document Type: Article

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