Are some cases of infected pancreatic necrosis treatable without intervention?

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 296-299

  Ramesh, H ^a,b   Prakash, K ^a   Lekha, V ^a   Jacob, G ^a   Venugopal, A ^a  

^a PVS Memorial Hospital   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Infected pancreatic necrosis; Medical treatment; Pancreatic necrosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038349640     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071694     Document Type: Article

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