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Pasireotide for the Prevention of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula: Time to Curb the Enthusiasm? 2018

Laura Maggino, and Charles M Vollmer

Unit of General and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Oncology, The Pancreas Institute, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010185	Pancreatic Fistula	Abnormal passage communicating with the PANCREAS.	Fistula, Pancreatic,Fistulas, Pancreatic,Pancreatic Fistulas
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011446	Prospective Studies	Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.	Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013004	Somatostatin	A 14-amino acid peptide named for its ability to inhibit pituitary GROWTH HORMONE release, also called somatotropin release-inhibiting factor. It is expressed in the central and peripheral nervous systems, the gut, and other organs. SRIF can also inhibit the release of THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; INSULIN; and GLUCAGON besides acting as a neurotransmitter and neuromodulator. In a number of species including humans, there is an additional form of somatostatin, SRIF-28 with a 14-amino acid extension at the N-terminal.	Cyclic Somatostatin,Somatostatin-14,Somatotropin Release-Inhibiting Hormone,SRIH-14,Somatofalk,Somatostatin, Cyclic,Somatotropin Release-Inhibiting Factor,Stilamin,Somatostatin 14,Somatotropin Release Inhibiting Factor,Somatotropin Release Inhibiting Hormone
D016577	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	The excision of the head of the pancreas and the encircling loop of the duodenum to which it is connected.	Duodenopancreatectomy,Pancreatoduodenectomy,Duodenopancreatectomies,Pancreaticoduodenectomies,Pancreatoduodenectomies