Outcome of necrosectomy in acute pancreatitis: The case for continued vigilance

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1449-1453

  Beattie, G C ^a,b   Mason, J ^a,b   Swan, D ^a,b   Madhavan, K K ^a,b   Siriwardena, A K ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute necrotizing pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

APACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036931157     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655202762671341     Document Type: Article

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