Surgical treatment of severe acute pancreatitis: Timing of operation is crucial for survival

Surgical Infections

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-211

  Götzinger, Peter ^a   Wamser, Peter ^a   Exner, Ruth ^a   Schwanzer, Erhard ^a   Jakesz, Raimund ^a   Függer, Reinhold ^a   Sautner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0041418171     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109629603766957004     Document Type: Article

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