Does prophylactic octreotide decrease the rates of pancreatic fistula and other complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy?

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M W Büchler et al. Ann Surg. 2001 Aug.

. 2001 Aug;234(2):262-3.

doi: 10.1097/00000658-200108000-00017.

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