@article{8b6f13517f904324a540fbb3cf524f26,
title = "National trends in resection of the distal pancreas",
author = "Armando Rosales-Velderrain and Bowers, \{Steven P\} and Goldberg, \{Ross F\} and Clarke, \{Tatyan M\} and Buchanan, \{Mauricia A\} and Stauffer, \{John A\} and Asbun, \{Horacio J\}",
note = "AIM: To investigate national trends in distal pancreatectomy (DP) through query of three national patient care databases. METHODS: From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS, 2003-2009), the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP, 2005-2010), and the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER, 2003-2009) databases using appropriate diagnostic and procedural codes we identified all patients with a diagnosis of a benign or malignant lesion of the body and/or tail of the pancreas that had undergone a partial or distal pancreatectomy.",
year = "2012",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3748/wjg.v18.i32.4342",
language = "American English",
volume = "18",
journal = "World Journal of Gastroenterology",
}