Diagnostic Accuracy of Lipase as Early Predictor of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula: Results from the LIPADRAIN study.
Béranger DoussotAlexandre DoussotAhmet AyavNicolas SantucciSophie DeguelteAmadou Khalilou SowMehdi El AmraniLaurence DuvillardGuillaume PiessenEdouard GirardJean-Yves MabrutJonathan GarnierPablo Ortega-DeballonIsabelle FournelOlivier FacyPublished in: Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches (2024)
In this multicenter prospective study, drain fluid lipase is a reliable biomarker at postoperative days 3 and 4 for the diagnosis of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatic surgery and should be systematically measured on postoperative day 3.