Influence of cholangitis after preoperative endoscopic biliary drainage on postoperative pancreatic fistula in patients with middle and lower malignant biliary strictures.
Toru KanekoHiroshi ImaizumiMitsuhiro KidaEiji MiyataHiroshi YamauchiKosuke OkuwakiTomohisa IwaiWasaburo KoizumiPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2017)
Prevention of preoperative cholangitis, a risk factor for postoperative pancreatic fistula, is likely to decrease the incidence of postoperative pancreatic fistula.