A national comparison of surgical versus percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts: 1997–2001
Morton JM, Brown A, Galanko JA, Norton JA, Grimm IS, Behrns KE. A national comparison of surgical versus percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts: 1997–2001. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2005, 9: 15-21. PMID: 15623440, DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous drainageLength of staySurgical approachPancreatic pseudocystICD-9 procedure codesDisease-specific severityNational Inpatient SamplePopulation-based studyCase series resultsEndoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographyRisk of mortalityLogistic regression modelsHospital dischargeInpatient mortalitySurgical drainageRetrograde cholangiopancreatographyInpatient SampleProtective effectChi2 analysisSurgical advantagesConfounding variablesMortalityPseudocystIllness differencesNational outcomes
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