Pancreatic Disorders & Therapy
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Sukharamwala Prashant

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• Review Article
  A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Pancreatic Duct Stent
  Author(s): Sukharamwala Prashant, Thoens Jonathan, Szuchmacher Mauricio, Parikh Neil, Orr Dennis II, Ghani Abdul and DeVito Peter Sukharamwala Prashant, Thoens Jonathan, Szuchmacher Mauricio, Parikh Neil, Orr Dennis II, Ghani Abdul and DeVito Peter
  
  Abstract Background: Two methods of pancreatic duct decompression following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) are currently employed, the internal and external pancreatic duct stent. Previous analysis of the efficacy of ductal decompression following PD has been confounded by either including both the internal and external stent method or by small sample size. The aim of this meta-analysis was to analyze the efficacy of the external pancreatic duct stent method alone in preventing Post-Operative Pancreatic Fistula (POPF) formation and other complications in patients undergoing PD. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted using the Medline, Cochrane Library, SCI, and EMBASE databases on all studies published from January 1970 to March 2012 reporting the peri-operative outcomes following PD. The primary end-point was the incidence of POPF formation in the presence .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7092.1000128

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