Amylase in drain fluid for the diagnosis of pancreatic leak in post-pancreatic resection

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Davidson, Tsetsegdemberel Bat Ulzii ^a   Yaghoobi, Mohammad ^b   Davidson, Brian R ^c   Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS JUICE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATIC LEAK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; DRAINAGE; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; SURGERY;

AGED; AMYLASES; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; BIOMARKERS; CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85018521632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012009.pub2     Document Type: Review

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