Severe Nutritional Risk Predicts Decreased Long-Term Survival in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Benign Disease

BACKGROUND: Weight loss and malnutrition are poorly tolerated by geriatric patients, and pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) can result in chronic malabsorption and weight loss. We sought to determine how preoperative severe nutritional risk (SNR), as defined by the American College of Surgeons National Su...

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Published in:J Am Coll Surg
Main Authors: Sanford, Dominic E., Sanford, Angela M., Fields, Ryan C., Hawkins, William G., Strasberg, Steven M., Linehan, David C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254444/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25442378
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.06.017
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