Surgeon vs Pathologist for the Prediction of Pancreatic Fistula: Results from the Randomized Multicenter RECOPANC Study

This post-hoc analysis of a multicenter trial of 261 pancreatic head resections demonstrates that histologically evaluated pancreatic fibrosis is an easily applicable and highly reproducible predictor of postoperative pancreatic fistula and is superior to surgically evaluated pancreatic texture.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - April 19, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Sylvia Timme, Gian Kayser, Martin Werner, Stanislav Litkevych, Ambrus Gabor M àlyi, Tobias Keck, Peter Bronsert, Ulrich Friedrich Wellner, Ekaterina Petrova, Kim C. Honselmann, RECOPANC Review Group Tags: Original Scientific Article Source Type: research