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BackgroundLength of stay (LoS) following elective surgery is being reported as an outcomes quality measure. Regional referral centres may care for patients travelling significant distances. The effect of travel distance on LoS in pancreatic surgery patients was examined.
MethodsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program data on pancreatic surgery patients, operated during the period from 2005...
BackgroundThe intraoperative placement of an enteral feeding tube (FT) during pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is based on the surgeon's perception of need for postoperative nutrition. Published preoperative risk factors predicting postoperative morbidity may be used to predict FT need and associated intraoperative placement.
MethodsA retrospective review of patients who underwent PD during 2005–2011...
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