Optimal technical management of stump closure following distal pancreatectomy: A retrospective review of 215 cases

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 998-1005

  Harris, Lisa J ^a   Abdollahi, Hamid ^a   Newhook, Timothy ^a   Sauter, Patricia K ^a   Crawford, Albert G ^a   Chojnacki, Karen A ^a   Rosato, Ernest L ^a   Kennedy, Eugene P ^a   Yeo, Charles J ^a   Berger, Adam C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Distal pancreatectomy; Pancreatic fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUTURING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952545094     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1185-z     Document Type: Article

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