What type of pancreatic anastomosis is safest following pancreaticoduodenectomy? An invited commentary on "Critical appraisal of the techniques of pancreatic anastomosis following pancreaticoduodenectomy: A network meta-analysis" (Int J Surg 2019;73:72-7)

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¹ Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Electronic address: bekser@iupui.edu.
² Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

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Burcin Ekser et al. Int J Surg. 2020 Mar.

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. 2020 Mar:75:82-83.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.01.135. Epub 2020 Jan 30.

¹ Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Electronic address: bekser@iupui.edu.
² Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

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Keywords: Meta-analysis; Pancreatic anastomosis; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Pancreaticogastrostomy.

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Critical appraisal of the techniques of pancreatic anastomosis following pancreaticoduodenectomy: A network meta-analysis.
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