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Pancreatogastrostomy Vs. Pancreatojejunostomy: a Risk-Stratified Analysis of 5316 Pancreatoduodenectomies

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Abbreviations

ACB:

Average Complication Burden

CR-POPF:

clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula

FRS:

Fistula Risk Score

ISGPF:

International Study Group on Pancreatic Fistula

IQR:

interquartile range

OR:

odds ratio

PD:

pancreatoduodenectomy

PMI:

Postoperative Morbidity Index

POPF:

postoperative pancreatic fistula

RCT:

randomized controlled trial

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  1. Departments of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Brett L. Ecker, Matthew T. McMillan, Laura Maggino, Jeffrey A. Drebin & Charles M. Vollmer Jr

  2. Departments of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

    Laura Maggino, Valentina Allegrini, Claudio Bassi & Giuseppe Malleo

  3. Departments of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Horacio J. Asbun

  4. Departments of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, USA

    Chad G. Ball & Elijah Dixon

  5. Departments of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Joal D. Beane & Michael G. House

  6. Departments of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Stephen W. Behrman

  7. Departments of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Adam C. Berger

  8. Departments of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA

    Mark Bloomston & Ericka Haverick

  9. Departments of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Mark P. Callery, Tara S. Kent & Ammara A. Watkins

  10. Departments of Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA

    John D. Christein & Robert H. Hollis

  11. Departments of Surgery, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Euan Dickson & Nigel B. Jamieson

  12. Departments of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Carlos Fernandez-Del Castillo & Zhi Ven Fong

  13. Departments of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    William E. Fisher

  14. Departments of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Steven J. Hughes

  15. Departments of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Stacy J. Kowalsky & Amer H. Zureikat

  16. Departments of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    John W. Kunstman & Ronald R. Salem

  17. Departments of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Kevin C. Soares, Vicente Valero III & Christopher L. Wolfgang

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conception/design (BL Ecker, MT McMillan, L Maggino, CM Vollmer); data acquisition (BL Ecker, MT McMillan, JD Beane, ZV Fong, E Haverick); data interpretation (all authors); drafting (BL Ecker, CM Vollmer); critical revisions (all authors); final approval (all authors)

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Presented at (1) the SSAT Residents and Fellows Research Conference, May 6, 2017, Chicago, IL; and (2) the 2017 SSAT Presidential Plenary Presentation, May 7, 2017, Chicago, IL

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Ecker, B.L., McMillan, M.T., Maggino, L. et al. Pancreatogastrostomy Vs. Pancreatojejunostomy: a Risk-Stratified Analysis of 5316 Pancreatoduodenectomies. J Gastrointest Surg 22, 68–76 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-017-3547-2

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