After distal pancreatectomy pancreatic leakage from the stump of the pancreas may be due to drain failure or pancreatic ductal back pressure

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 993-1003

  Hashimoto, Yasushi ^a   Traverso, L William ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b St Luke's Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Distal pancreatectomy; Obesity; Opioid; Pancreatic duct pressure; Pancreatic fistula; Risk factor; Soft pancreas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATIC FISTULA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865333232     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-1849-y     Document Type: Article

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