Perioperative acinar cell count method works well in the prediction of postoperative pancreatic fistula and other postoperative complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy

摘要

Background: Earlier we have shown that high frequency of acinar cells in the pancreatic transsection line predicts postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Acinar cell count method (ACM) is fast to perform during operation. In this study our aim was to validate the accuracy of ACM to compare it with other published risk prediction methods.