The visceral pancreatic neck anterior distance may be an effective parameter to predict post-pancreaticoduodenectomy clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula

Background: The clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula (CR-POPF) is significantly correlated with a high post-pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) mortality rate. Several studies have reported an association between visceral obesity and CR-POPF. Nevertheless, there are many technical difficult...

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Main Authors: Zhirong Zhao, Lichen Zhou, Li Han, Shibo Zhou, Zhen Tan, Ruiwu Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-02-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023008678