Is routine imaging necessary after pancreatic resection?: An appraisal of postoperative ultrasonography for the detection of pancreatic fistula

Pancreas

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 319-323

  Malleo, Giuseppe ^a   Salvia, Roberto ^a   Butturini, Giovanni ^a   D'Onofrio, Mirko ^a   Martone, Enrico ^a   Marchegiani, Giovanni ^a   Malpaga, Anna ^a   Molinari, Enrico ^a   Bassi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

distal pancreatectomy; pancreatic fistula; pancreaticoduodenectomy; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYLASES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84894410278     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: 15364828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000000029     Document Type: Article

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