Using a Reinforced Stapler Decreases the Incidence of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula After Distal Pancreatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Hani OweiraAlessandro MazottaArianeb MehrabiChristoph ReissfelderNuh RahbariAlexander BetzlerHazem ElhadedyOlivier SoubraneMohamed Ali Chaouch

Published in: World journal of surgery (2022)

Reinforced stapling in DP is safe and seems to reduce POPF grade B/C with similar mortality rates, postoperative bleeding, and reoperation rate. The protocol of this systematic review with meta-analysis was registered in PROSPERO (ID: CRD42021286849).

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