title: Preoperative biliary drainage of severely jaundiced patients increases morbidity of pancreaticoduodenectomy: reply.
authors.affiliation: 4th Department of Surgery, Attikon Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, 1 Rimini str, 12462, Chaidari, Greece, mkyriazi@otenet.gr.
authors.forename: Maria A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kyriazi
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arkadopoulos
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smyrniotis
mesh_terms: D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000009:adverse effects*