Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy is associated with significantly less overall morbidity compared to the open technique: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1048-1059

  Venkat, Raghunandan ^a   Edil, Barish H ^a   Schulick, Richard D ^a   Lidor, Anne O ^a   Makary, Martin A ^a   Wolfgang, Christopher L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OPEN DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861344096     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318251ee09     Document Type: Review

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