title: Safety and effectiveness of splenic vein to inferior mesenteric vein anastomosis during pancreaticoduodenectomy: comment on "Splenic vein-inferior mesenteric vein anastomosis to lessen left-sided portal hypertension after pancreaticoduodenectomy with concomitant vascular resection".
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe St, Blalock 685, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arnaoutakis
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eckhauser
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010976:Platelet Count; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology*; D013162:Splenic Vein / Q000601:surgery*