Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 4 , Pages 546-557, October 2007

Selective Administration of Prophylactic Octreotide During Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Clinical and Cost-Benefit Analysis in Low- and High-Risk Glands

Abstract presented at the American College of Surgeons 92nd Annual Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2006.

Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Received 15 February 2007; accepted 9 May 2007. published online 23 August 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

 This research was conducted with support from the Clinical Research Fellowship Program at Harvard Medical School offered by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Harvard PASTEUR Program and Office of Enrichment Programs.

PII: S1072-7515(07)00629-1

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.05.011

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 4 , Pages 546-557, October 2007

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