The treatment of periampullary and pancreatic head neoplasms is evolving. While minimally
invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) has gained worldwide interest, there has been a …

Objective: To use the concept of benchmarking to establish robust and standardized
outcome references after pancreatico-duodenectomy (PD). Background: Best achievable …

Background Postoperative complications following distal pancreatectomy (DP) are common,
especially postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF). In order to design adequate prophylactic …

Background Intraoperative adverse events (iAEs) are surgical and anesthesiologic
complications. Despite the availability of grading criteria, iAEs are infrequently reported in …

Background Machine learning is increasingly advocated to develop prediction models for
postoperative complications. It is, however, unclear if machine learning is superior to logistic …

Background Few robust scoring tools exist to assess recovery following caesarean delivery
(CD). We evaluated a new obstetric quality of recovery score (ObsQoR-11, initially …

Background Pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) is often performed in frail patients and is
associated with significant morbidity. The five-factor modified frailty index (mFI-5) has been …

Aim The aim of this retrospective study is to develop and validate a predictive nomogram for
predicting the risk of post-operative abdominal infection (PAI) in patients undergoing …

Background Complications frequently occur after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Patients
undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy tend to be older; age and postoperative complication …

Background Prophylactic somatostatin to reduce the incidence of clinically relevant
postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy remains controversial. We …