A high abdominal aortic calcification score on CT is a risk factor for postoperative pancreatic fistula in elderly patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy
World Journal of Surgery Mar 13, 2018
Kakizawa N, et al. - Researchers here determine the clinical significance of a CT-based evaluation of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) in the postoperative outcomes after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) in elderly patients. Findings demonstrate that in elderly patients who underwent PD, a high AAC score is a risk factor of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula.
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