Delayed gastric emptying after pancreatic surgery. Analysis of factors determinant for the short-term outcome.
Background: Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) frequently complicates pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). Mainly DGE develops as consequence of postoperative intra-abdominal complications (secondary), whilst the incidence of primary DGE (i.e. not related to surgical complications) has rarely been studied. Moreo...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fsurg.2016.00025/full |