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Invited editorial| Volume 142, ISSUE 5, P771-772, November 2007

Consensus defining postpancreatectomy complications: An opportunity we cannot ignore

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2007.08.013
Consensus defining postpancreatectomy complications: An opportunity we cannot ignore
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      • Wente M.N.
      • Bassi C.
      • Dervenis C.
      • Fingerhut A.
      • Gouma D.J.
      • Izbicki J.R.
      • et al.
      Delayed gastric emptying after pancreatic surgery: a suggested definition by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS).
      Surgery. 2007; 142: 761-768
      propose a consensus definition of delayed gastric emptying (DGE) after pancreatic surgery. This is the third in a series of articles published by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) aimed at standardizing the reporting of complications that follow pancreatic resection. The 2 other articles, previously published in this journal, dealt with the definition of pancreatic fistulae
      • Bassi C.
      • Dervenis C.
      • Butturini G.
      • Fingerhut A.
      • Yeo C.J.
      • Izbicki J.R.
      • et al.
      Postoperative pancreatic fistula: an international study group (ISGPF) definition.
      Surgery. 2005; 138: 8-13
      and of postpancreatectomy hemorrhage.
      • Wente M.N.
      • Veit J.A.
      • Bassi C.
      • Dervenis C.
      • Fingerhut A.
      • Gouma D.J.
      • et al.
      Pospancreatectomy hemorrhage (PPH): an International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) definition.
      Surgery. 2007; 142: 20-25
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        Delayed gastric emptying after pancreatic surgery: a suggested definition by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS).
        Surgery. 2007; 142: 761-768
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      Publication history

      Accepted: August 25, 2007

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2007.08.013

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      © 2007 Mosby, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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