Intraoperative Bile Culture in Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Teaching Old Dogma New Tricks.
Thomas L SuttonJack O'GradyRobert MartindaleSkye C MayoErin W GilbertBrett C SheppardPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2021)
Bactibilia is associated with incisional but not organ space SSI following pancreaticoduodenectomy and is strongly associated with stent presence. Stent type does not independently influence the biliary microbiome or SSI risk. IOBC has a poor ability to predict causative organisms in SSIs following pancreaticoduodenectomy and is not recommended for routine use.