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Pancreatic Anastomotic Leakage
Definition 1
Leakage due to breakdown of a pancreatic anastomosis. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A finding of leakage due to breakdown of a pancreatic anastomosis (surgical connection of two separate anatomic structures). (NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
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