Association of periodontitis and complications after pancreatic surgery.

"Disclosure T.S. is the holder of US patents 5652223, 5736341, 5866432, 6143476, 20170023571A1 (granted 6 June 2019), and WO 2018/060553A1 (granted 31 May 2018), the co-holder of patent 10488415 B2, the holder of Japanese patent 2016-554676, and the holder of South Korean patent 10-2016-7025378. The authors declare no other conflict of interest."

"Funding This work was supported by Finska Läkaresällskapet, the University of Helsinki Research Foundation, the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, the Finnish Dental Society Apollonia, the Finnish Cancer Society, the Helsinki University Hospital Research Fund, the Sigrid Juselius Foundation, and the Georg C. and Mary Ehrnrooths Foundation."

"The Ethics Committee of Helsinki University Hospital approved the study (HUS 435/2017). Informed consent was a requirement of all patients. This prospective study is registered at http://www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03144973)."