Stapler versus scalpel resection followed by hand-sewn closure of the pancreatic remnant for distal pancreatectomy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Probst, Pascal ^a   Hüttner, Felix J ^a   Klaiber, Ulla ^a   Knebel, Phillip ^a   Ulrich, Alexis ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a   Diener, Markus K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STOMACH PARESIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND CLOSURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATIC FISTULA; PROCEDURES; STAPLER; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURING METHOD;

FIBRIN GLUE;

FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; OPERATIVE TIME; PANCREAS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC FISTULA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL STAPLERS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84964693831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008688.pub2     Document Type: Review

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