Journal article
Does giving pasireotide to patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy always pay for itself?
Abstract
BackgroundPrevious cost evaluation studies reported either no increase or cost-saving using pasireotide in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy. We examined the likelihood and magnitude of cost-saving when using pasireotide at our institution to determine the generalizability of prior reports.MethodsCost data were obtained for a cohort of 440 patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy at a single institution during 2009–2016. A …
Authors
Yuan F; Gafni A; Gu C-S; Serrano PE
Journal
European Surgery, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 132–140
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
6 2020
DOI
10.1007/s10353-018-0563-8
ISSN
1682-8631