The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 200, Issue 4 , Pages 529-536, October 2010

Stapler vs suture closure of pancreatic remnant after distal pancreatectomy: a meta-analysis

  • Wei Zhou, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
    • Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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  • Ran Lv, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: 86-13588706479; fax: 86-571-86044817
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  • Xianfa Wang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
    • Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
    • ,
  • Yiping Mou, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
    • Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
    • ,
  • Xiujun Cai, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
    • Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
    • ,
  • Ingrid Herr, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Molecular OncoSurgery Group, Department of General Surgery, University of Heidelberg and German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Received 26 September 2009; received in revised form 22 December 2009 published online 10 June 2010.

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PII: S0002-9610(10)00176-5

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.12.022

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 200, Issue 4 , Pages 529-536, October 2010

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