A simple algorithm for drain management after pancreaticoduodenectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1143-1146

  Nissen, Nicholas N ^a   Menon, Vijay G ^a   Puri, Vichin ^a   Annamalai, Alagappan ^a   Boland, Brendan ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AMYLASES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84866749164     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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