Background Early recognition and management of postoperative complications, before they
become clinically relevant, can improve postoperative outcomes for patients, especially for …

Background Registries of pancreatic surgery have become increasingly popular as they
facilitate both quality improvement and clinical research. We aimed to compare registries for …

Background In the mandatory nationwide Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Audit, rates of major
complications and Failure to Rescue (FTR) after pancreatoduodenectomy between low-and …

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

Background Large centralized databases are used with increasing frequency for reporting
hospital-specific and nationwide trends and outcomes after various surgical procedures in …

Objectives: Development of a simple preoperative risk score to predict morbidity related to
pancreatic surgery. Background: Pancreatic surgery is standardized with little technical …

Objective This study was designed to identify quantifiable parameters to track performance
improvements brought about by the implementation of a critical pathway for complex …

Introduction National studies on in-hospital pancreatic outcomes have focused on mortality.
Non-fatal morbidity affects a greater proportion of patients. Methods The Nationwide …

Background The initial treatment of acute necrotizing pancreatitis is conservative.
Intervention is indicated in patients with (suspected) infected necrotizing pancreatitis. In the …

Background Evaluation of risk factors for adverse outcomes following distal pancreatectomy
(DP) has been limited to data collected from retrospective, primarily single-institution studies …