Surgery
Volume 148, Issue 4 , Pages 847-857 , October 2010

Clinical framework to guide operative decision making in disconnected left pancreatic remnant (DLPR) following acute or chronic pancreatitis

Presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Chicago, Illinois, March 10–13, 2010.

  • Kariuki P. Murage, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Surgery and Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Chad G. Ball, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Surgery and Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
    • ,
  • Nicholas J. Zyromski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Surgery and Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
    • ,
  • Attila Nakeeb, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Surgery and Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
    • ,
  • Carlos Ocampo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Hospital Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Kumaresan Sandrasegaran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Surgery and Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
    • ,
  • Thomas J. Howard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Surgery and Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Thomas J. Howard, MD, Emerson Hall No. 517, 545 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202.

,Accepted 15 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.07.039

Surgery
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