Routine drainage after pancreaticoduodenectomy: Serum amylase can guide early, selective drain removal

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 262, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e107-

  Velu, Lavanniya K Palani ^a,b   Chandrabalan, Vishnuvardhan ^a,b   McMillan, Donald C ^b   McKay, Colin J ^a   Ross Carter, C ^a   Jamieson, Nigel B ^a   Dickson, Euan J ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ABDOMINAL DRAIN; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FISTULA RISK SCORE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW RISK PATIENT; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; ROUTINE DRAINAGE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES;

DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84947490859     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000758     Document Type: Letter

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