The Korean Surgical Society, Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research, 1(90), p. 21, 2016
DOI: 10.4174/astr.2016.90.1.21
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Patients who develop complications consume a disproportionately large share of available resources in surgery; therefore the attention of healthcare funders focuses on the economic impact of complications. The main objective of this work was to assess the clinical and economic impact of postoperative complications in pancreatic surgery, and furthermore to assess risk factors for increased costs.