DISPACT trial: A randomized controlled trial to compare two different surgical techniques of DIStal PAnCreaTectomy - Study rationale and design

Clinical Trials

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 534-545

  Diener, M K ^a   Knaebel, H P ^a,b   Witte, S T ^a   Rossion, I ^a   Kieser, M ^a   Buchler, M W ^a   Seiler, Christoph M ^a   Gouma, G ^c   Neuhaus, P ^d   Muller J ^d   Uhl, W ^e   Hopt, U T ^f   Rogiers, X ^g   Schilling, M ^h   Heiss, M ⁱ   Witzigmann, H ^j   Neoptolemos, J P ^k   Repse, S ^l   Post, S ^m   Rothmund, M ⁿ   Jauch, K W ^o   Siewert, R ^p   Friess, H ^p   Schlitt, H J ^q   Bassi, C ^r   Thiede, A ^s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g University Center   (Belgium)

^h University Medical Center   (Germany)

ⁱ KRANKENHAUS MERHEIM   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

ⁿ PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^o LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^p TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; HAND SEWN CLOSURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STAPLER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 59349093564     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774508096140     Document Type: Article

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