Pancreatic fistula rates after 462 distal pancreatectomies: Staplers do not decrease fistula rates

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1691-1698

  Ferrone, Cristina R ^a   Warshaw, Andrew L ^a   Rattner, David W ^a   Berger, David ^a   Zheng, Hui ^a   Rawal, Bhupendra ^a   Rodriguez, Ruben ^a   Thayer, Sarah P ^a   Fernandez Del Castillo, Carlos ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal pancreatectomy; Pancreatic fistula

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649166156     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0636-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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