Levels of Evidence in Medical Research: "Bigger Is Not Always Better"

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

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Peter J Allen et al. Ann Surg. 2018 May.

. 2018 May;267(5):e96-e97.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002227.

¹ Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

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Pasireotide for postoperative pancreatic fistula.
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