High surgical morbidity following distal pancreatectomy: still an unsolved problem.

  • Matthias Reeh
  • Michael Nentwich
  • Dean Bogoevski
  • Alexandra König
  • Florian Gebauer
  • Michael Tachezy
  • Jakob R. Izbicki
  • Maximilian Bockhorn

Abstract

High surgical morbidity following distal pancreatectomy, especially pancreatic fistula, remains an unsolved problem. The aim of this study was to identify potential risk factors for surgical morbidity with a focus on the development of pancreatic fistula.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number5
ISSN0364-2313
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21387132