UNLABELLED The aim of the study was to determine statistically significant factors with an impact on the early postoperative surgical outcome. MATERIAL AND METHODS The influence of applied fast-track components on surgical results and early postoperative outcome in 143 consecutive Kausch-Whipple procedure patients was evaluated in a single-center retrospective analysis of a prospective collec...

The aim of this study was to explore the lived experience of the symptoms, health, and illness reported by patients recovering after pancreaticoduodenectomy ad modum Whipple due to pancreatic or periampullary cancer. Thirteen patients with pancreatic or periampullary cancer who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy ad modum Whipple between 2006 and 2008 were interviewed during postoperative recover...

In this paper we distinguish between two causal explanations for the volume-outcome relationship, learning-by-doing and selective referral. We use data on three surgical procedures for which a volume-outcome relationship has been documented, the Whipple, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). We distinguish between the competing explanations by estima...

The authors would like to correct the errors in Table 1 and text in the published article. The correct table and the text should read as below. In Table 1, the numbers for the intent-to-treat population for biliary stent and previous Whipple procedure were erroneously switched. Table 1 should appear as below. The corresponding text for Table 1 under the Baseline Characteristics heading in the R...

Whipple' disease is mainly characterized by affecting the digestive system, although it can be a multisystemic process with different clinical symptoms. The bacillus causing the disease has been isolated and cultivated in 2000 and the genome sequence has been recently analyzed in 2003, which means new perspectives for its diagnosis and treatment. Giardiasis is an infestation caused by a protozo...

A recent report from the Milagro collaboration included an all-sky map created using one year of data from Milagro (peak sensitivity at 3-4 TeV for Crab-like spectra). This map included an unidentified excess that was brighter than the Crab and was the second brightest spot on the map. The hot spot was within the error box of the EGRET unidentified source 3EG J0520+2556. No strong and steady em...

The results of four years of observation of the Crab Nebula at TeV energies by the Whipple group are discussed and the status of the Crab Nebula as a standard candle for TeV astronomy is reviewed.