∗Department of Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
†Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC - University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
‡Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
§Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
¶Department of Surgery, Isala Clinics, Zwolle, the Netherlands
||Department of Surgery, Pancreas Institute of the University of Verona Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy
∗∗Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
††Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
‡‡Department of Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
§§Department of Surgery, OLVG Oost, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
¶¶Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, the Netherlands
||||Department of Surgery, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
∗∗∗Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
†††Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
‡‡‡Department of Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
§§§Department of Surgery, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
¶¶¶Department of Surgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
||||||Department of Surgery, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
∗∗∗∗Department of Surgery, Tjongerschans Hospital, Heerenveen, the Netherlands
††††Department of Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
‡‡‡‡Department of Surgery, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Delft, the Netherlands
§§§§Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands.
Reprints: Marc G. Besselink, MD, MSc, PhD, Department of Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Office G4-196, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]; Timothy H. Mungroop, MD, Department of Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Office G4-196, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected].
Mohammed Abu Hilal, Bas Groot Koerkamp, and Marc G. Besselink shared senior authorship.
Study conception and design: Mungroop, van Rijssen, Groot Koerkamp, Besselink
Acquisition of data: Mungroop, van Rijssen, Smits, van Woerden, DePastena, Marchegiani, Ecker, Bonsing, Busch, van Dam, Erdmann, van Eijck, Gerhards, van Goor, van der Harst, de Hingh, de Jong, Kazemier, Luyer, Shamali, Barbaro, Armstrong, Takhar, Hamady, Klaase, Lips, Molenaar, Nieuwenhuijs, Rupert, van Santvoort, Scheepers, van der Schelling, Bassi, Vollmer, Abu Hilal, Groot Koerkamp, Besselink.
Analysis and interpretation of data: Mungroop, van Rijssen, van Klaveren, Klompmaker, van Dieren, Vollmer, Steyerberg, Groot Koerkamp, Besselink
Drafting of manuscript: Mungroop, Groot Koerkamp, Besselink.
Critical revision: Mungroop, van Rijssen, van Klaveren, Smits, van Woerden, Linnemann, Klompmaker, Marchegiani, Ecker, DePastena, Bassi, Bonsing, Busch, van Dam, Erdmann, van Eijck, Gerhards, van Goor, van der Harst, de Hingh, de Jong, Kazemier, Luyer, Shamali, Barbaro, Armstrong, Takhar, Hamady, Klaase, Lips, Molenaar, Nieuwenhuijs, Rupert, van Santvoort, Scheepers, van der Schelling, Bassi, Vollmer, Steyerberg, Abu Hilal, Groot Koerkamp, Besselink.
This research was funded in part by a grant from the Dutch Cancer Society (grant number UVA2013-5842).
The authors have no conflicts of interest.
