Faculty

Michael L. Kendrick, M.D.

Clinical Studies

Randomized Control Trial Comparing Somatostatin Analogues with Perioperative Antibiotics versus Prolonged Antibiotics Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is to to determine the individual treatment effect of somatostatin and whether duration of antibiotic therapy coupled with octreotide provides improved outcomes after pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Defining Blood Loss during Pancreaticoduodenectomy Rochester, Minn.
The prupose of this study is to compare estimated blood loss and measured blood loss in pancreaticoduodenectomies.
Intraoperative Endoscopy Using a Thin, Single-Use, Flexible Cholangiopancreatoscope Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is to document the clinical utility of diagonostic and/or therapeutic intraoperative endoscopy using a thin, single-use, flexible cholangiopancreatoscope, and to indentify specifical surgical procedures in which intraoperative use of a thin, single-use, flexible choloangiopancreatoscope suggests clinically meaningful benefit and generate a hypthesis for possible subsequent claims-support study.