2010
Techniques and results of portal vein/superior mesenteric vein reconstruction using femoral and saphenous vein during pancreaticoduodenectomy
Lee D, Mitchell E, Jones M, Landry G, Liem T, Sheppard B, Billingsley K, Moneta G. Techniques and results of portal vein/superior mesenteric vein reconstruction using femoral and saphenous vein during pancreaticoduodenectomy. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2010, 51: 662-666. PMID: 20080375, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.09.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaEdemaEndosonographyFemoral VeinGraft Occlusion, VascularHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMesenteric VeinsMiddle AgedNeoplasm InvasivenessPancreatic NeoplasmsPancreaticoduodenectomyPortal VeinRegistriesReoperationSaphenous VeinTime FactorsTissue and Organ HarvestingTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, Doppler, DuplexVascular PatencyVascular Surgical ProceduresConceptsPV/SMV reconstructionLower extremity edemaLower extremity veinsPostoperative wound problemsLate mortalityExtremity edemaFemoral veinExtremity veinsSaphenous veinWound problemsPreoperative imagingPortal veinPV/SMV invasionSuperior mesenteric vein invasionPreoperative computed tomography (CT) imagingPV/SMVVein harvest siteLower extremity complicationsKaplan-Meier analysisGreat saphenous veinMinor operative proceduresEndoscopic ultrasound scanSuperior mesenteric vein reconstructionComputed tomography (CT) imagingPatent reconstruction
2003
Outcome After Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Periampullary Cancer: An Analysis from the Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
Billingsley K, Hur K, Henderson W, Daley J, Khuri S, Bell R. Outcome After Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Periampullary Cancer: An Analysis from the Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2003, 7: 484-491. PMID: 12763405, DOI: 10.1016/s1091-255x(03)00067-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemQuality Improvement ProgramPeriampullary cancerAdverse outcomesRisk factorsVeterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramVA National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramPre-defined complicationsPostoperative mortality ratePreoperative risk factorsPreoperative serum albuminMain outcome measuresRisk-adjusted comparisonsDifferent health care systemsVA Medical CenterLogistic regression analysisHealth care systemPancreaticoduodenectomy outcomesPostoperative mortalityAnesthesiologists classificationPostoperative deathsSeptic complicationsIntraoperative variables