The outcomes and complications of pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure): Cross sectional study

Abdullah Molah Karim, Sherko; Seerwan Abdulla, Karzan; Hussein Abdulkarim, Qalandar; Hama Rahim, Fattah

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2018.01.041

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The outcomes and complications of pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure): Cross sectional study

Published in International Journal of Surgery • Feb 10, 2018

Authors:

Sherko Abdullah Molah Karim

Karzan Seerwan Abdulla

Qalandar Hussein Abdulkarim

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is one of the most difficult and complex surgery that carries a high rate of major complications, including delayed gastric emptying (DGE), pancreatic fistula, bleeding, intra-abdominal collection, and pulmonary complications. In this study, we have tried to ...

Subject

Medicine

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Pancreatic fistula

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