Anticancer research
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Anticancer research · Jan 2019
Scheduled Intravenous Acetaminophen for Postoperative Management of Patients Who Had Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer.
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of scheduled intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative management of patients who underwent thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. ⋯ Scheduled intravenous acetaminophen after thoracoscopic esophagectomy in patients with esophageal cancer was a useful strategy in reducing the incidence of postoperative pneumonia.
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Anticancer research · Jan 2019
Predictive Factors of Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy and External Validation of Predictive Scores.
The Fistula Risk Score (FRS), as other risk scores, is a validated model predicting the development of a clinically relevant post-operative pancreatic fistula (CR-POPF) after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). We evaluated risk factors related with CR-POPF and correlated four predictive scores with the likelihood of developing CR-POPF in our cohort. ⋯ Abdominal thickness, Wirsung's duct diameter, pancreatic consistency and histological diagnosis were independent predictive factors of CR-POPF. Predictive scores reflected the likelihood of CR-POPF, FRS being the score with the highest predictive value.