Malnutrition a predictor of long-term survival in patients undergoing Whipple procedure
Saturday, December 6, 2014 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
Malnutrition is an important factor predicting long-term survival in older patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) -- commonly called the Whipple procedure -- to treat benign tumors and cysts of the pancreas as well as pancreatitis, according to new study results.