Annals of surgery

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Annals of surgery · Mar 2015

Multicenter Study

Establishing a quantitative benchmark for morbidity in pancreatoduodenectomy using ACS-NSQIP, the Accordion Severity Grading System, and the Postoperative Morbidity Index.

The study aim was to quantify the burden of complications of pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). ⋯ This study develops a quantitative non-risk-adjusted benchmark for postoperative morbidity of PD. The method quantifies the burden of types and grades of postoperative complications and should prove useful in identifying areas that require quality improvement.

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