Correlation of serum albumin and prognostic nutritional index with outcomes following pancreaticoduodenectomy
Narongsak Rungsakulkij, Pongsatorn Tangtawee, Wikran Suragul, Paramin Muangkaew, Somkit Mingphruedhi, Suraida Aeesoa
Narongsak Rungsakulkij, Pongsatorn Tangtawee, Wikran Suragul, Paramin Muangkaew, Somkit Mingphruedhi, Suraida Aeesoa, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Author contributions: Rungsakulkij N designed the study, collected and interpreted the data, and wrote the paper; Tangtawee P collected and analyzed the data; Suragul W collected the data; Mingphruedhi S collected the data; Muangkaew P collected the data; and Aeesoa S collected and analyzed the data.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ramathibodi Hospital Institutional Review Board Committee on Human Rights Related to Research Involving Human Subjects (protocol number ID 07-61-25).
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflicts-of-interest related to this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Narongsak Rungsakulkij, FRCS (Gen Surg), MD, Doctor, Lecturer, Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, 270 Praram VI Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. narongsak.run@mahidol.ac.th
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Received: September 6, 2018
Peer-review started: September 6, 2018
First decision: October 19, 2018
Revised: October 26, 2018
Accepted: December 21, 2018
Article in press: December 21, 2018
Published online: January 6, 2019
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