Pancreatic necrosis: Results of necrosectomy, packing, and ultimate closure over drains

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 227, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 870-877

  Branum, Gene ^a   Galloway, John ^a   Hirchowitz, Wendy ^a   Fendley, Morris ^a   Hunter, John ^a   Branum, Gene D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS SURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BANDAGES; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORDS; NECROSIS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032461303     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199806000-00010     Document Type: Article

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