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This study found that hospitals accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer are associated with lower short- and long-term morbidity and mortality, but few programs achieve accreditation status.
Total parenteral nutrition has been a mainstay of surgical care for patients with malnutrition, intestinal failure, and complex surgical diseases since its introduction in the 1960s. Selected Readings in General Surgery (SRGS) Nutrition and Metabolic Disease clarifies fundamental concepts of the pathophysiology of nutritional deficits in surgical patients, the relationships between nutritional deficits and mortality and morbidity risks, and current approaches to nutritional support in various surgical settings, including elective major procedures.
PV thrombosis, resulting in cavernous transformation and peripancreatic varices, is a rare but possible complication of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in the setting of ERCP-induced pancreatitis. TIPS and PV angioplasty allow for venous decompression to provide a safer approach for definitive pancreaticoduodenectomy.