title: Reply to the letter to the editor regarding manuscript entitled: "Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with decreased survival in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a multi-institutional study".
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 234 Goodman Street, ML 0772, Cincinnati, 45219, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: Syed A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy