Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on short-term outcomes after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer: A retrospective study from the Japanese National Clinical Database, 2018-2021.
Yusuke TakemuraHideki EndoTaizo HibiYutaka NakanoRyo SeishimaMasashi TakeuchiHiroyuki YamamotoHiromichi MaedaKazuhiro HanazakiAkinobu TaketomiYoshihiro KakejiYasuyuki SetoHideki UenoMasaki MoriYuko KitagawaPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2024)
The increasing trend in the number of pancreaticoduodenectomies and favorable short-term outcomes even in the COVID-19 pandemic suggest the medical care for pancreatic cancer in Japan functioned well during the pandemic.