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Upper abdominal body shape is the risk factor for postoperative pancreatic fistula after splenectomy for advanced gastric cancer: A retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Postoperative pancreas fistula (POPF) is a major complication after total gastrectomy with splenectomy. We retrospectively studied the effects of upper abdominal shape on the development of POPF after gastrectomy. METHODS: Fifty patients who underwent total gastrectomy with splenectomy w...

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Autores principales: Yamamoto, Naoto, Oshima, Takashi, Sato, Tsutomu, Makino, Hirochika, Nagano, Yasuhiko, Fujii, Shoichi, Rino, Yasushi, Imada, Toshio, Kunisaki, Chikara
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2572060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18847461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-6-109