Preoperative biliary drainage for cancer of the head of the pancreas

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-137

  Van Der Gaag, Niels A ^a   Rauws, Erik A J ^a   Van Eijck, Casper H J ^b   Bruno, Marco J ^b   Van Der Harst, Erwin ^c   Kubben, Frank J G M ^c   Gerritsen, Josephus J G M ^d   Greve, Jan Willem ^e   Gerhards, Michael F ^f   De Hingh, Ignace H J T ^g   Klinkenbijl, Jean H ^h   Nio, Chung Y ^a   De Castro, Steve M M ^a   Busch, Olivier R C ^a   Van Gulik, Thomas M ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a   Gouma, Dirk J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^d MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^g CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; OCTREOTIDE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATITIS; PNEUMONIA; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 74249101072     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0903230     Document Type: Article

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