Maxwell T Trudeau, Fabio Casciani, Brett L Ecker, Laura Maggino, Thomas F Seykora, Priya Puri, Matthew T McMillan, Benjamin Miller, Wande B Pratt, Horacio J Asbun, Chad G Ball, Claudio Bassi, Stephen W Behrman, Adam C Berger, Mark P Bloomston, Mark P Callery, Carlos Fernandez-Del Castillo, John D Christein, Mary E Dillhoff, Euan J Dickson, Elijah Dixon, William E Fisher, Michael G House, Steven J Hughes, Tara S Kent, Giuseppe Malleo, Ronald R Salem, Christopher L Wolfgang, Amer H Zureikat, Charles M Vollmer
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to present a full spectrum of individual patient presentations of pancreatic fistula risk, and to define the utility of mitigation strategies amongst some of the most prevalent, and vulnerable scenarios surgeons encounter. BACKGROUND: The FRS has been utilized to identify technical strategies associated with reduced CR-POPF incidence across various risk strata. However, risk-stratification using the FRS has never been investigated with greater granularity...
February 1, 2022: Annals of Surgery