Hemoglobin A1c as a marker to stratify diabetes risk following pancreaticoduodenectomy

Background: Pancreatic cancer has been shown to cause diabetes mellitus, and diabetes mellitus has been shown to be a risk factor for pancreatic cancer. The effect of pancreaticoduodenectomy on risk for development of diabetes mellitus is unclear. This study used hemoglobin A1c to determine the inci...

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Main Authors: Josh Bleicher, Hailey M Shepherd, Courtney L Scaife
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845020300063