Significance of bile culture surveillance for postoperative management of pancreatoduodenectomy

Abstract Background The management of infectious complications is important in pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). We sought to determine the significance of preoperative surveillance bile culture in perioperative management of PD. Methods This study enrolled 69 patients who underwent PD for malignant tumor...

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Main Authors: Keishi Sugimachi, Tomohiro Iguchi, Yohei Mano, Masaru Morita, Masaki Mori, Yasushi Toh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-019-1773-7