Does Pancreatic Stump Closure Method Influence Distal Pancreatectomy Outcomes?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1449-1456

  Ceppa, Eugene P ^a   McCurdy, Robert M ^a   Becerra, David C ^a   Kilbane, E Molly ^a   Zyromski, Nicholas J ^a   Nakeeb, Attila ^a   Schmidt, C Max ^a   Lillemoe, Keith D ^b   Pitt, Henry A ^c   House, Michael G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS NSQIP; Distal pancreatectomy; Pancreatic fistula; Saline linked radiofrequency; Stump closure

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATIC FISTULA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL STAPLING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC FISTULA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 84937966919     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-015-2825-0     Document Type: Article

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