Abstract:IntroductionThe National Cancer Institute has estimated that there will be as many as 45,220 new cases of pancreatic cancer in the U.S. in 2012 and that as many as 38,460 patients will die of the disease this year alone [1]. Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) remains the sole potentially curative intervention for several types of peri-ampullary and pancreatic carcinomas and pathologies. Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula Formation (POPF) as a result of pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ) anastomotic failure remains one of the… Show more
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