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Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2/2015

01-02-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Letter in Response to “Perioperative Blood Transfusion Is Associated with Decreased Survival in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: a Multi-institutional Study”

Author: Aditya J. Nanavati

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | Issue 2/2015

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The article written by Jeffrey Sutton et al. is truly a magnificent piece on the topic of perioperative blood transfusion.1 The correlation between surgical outcome and cancer recurrence with perioperative transfusion has been a topic of debate at several surgical meetings across the globe. Almost all studies have shown perioperative transfusion to be associated with an adverse outcome. This study has attempted to overcome some of the shortcomings of previous studies like accounting for operative findings and technique, surgeon experience and demographic parameters, etc. The statistical methodology and analysis gives the conclusions strength. …
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Jeffrey M. Sutton , David A. Kooby , Gregory C. Wilson , M. Hart Squires , Dennis J. Hanseman , Shishir K. Maithel , David J. Bentrem , Sharon M. Weber , Clifford S. Cho , Emily R. Winslow , Charles R. Scoggins , Robert C. G. Martin , Hong Jin Kim , Justin J. Baker , Nipun B. Merchant , Alexander A. Parikh , Daniel E. Abbott , Michael J. Edwards & Syed A. Ahmad. Perioperative Blood Transfusion Is Associated with Decreased Survival in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: a Multi-institutional Study. J Gastrointest Surg. 18: 1575–1587.
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Title
Letter in Response to “Perioperative Blood Transfusion Is Associated with Decreased Survival in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: a Multi-institutional Study”
Author
Aditya J. Nanavati
Publication date
01-02-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1091-255X
Electronic ISSN: 1873-4626
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-014-2704-0

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