Recent advances in the surgical management of necrotizing pancreatitis

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-352

  Leppäniemi, Ari ^a   Kemppainen, Esko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Acute pancreatitis; Necrosectomy; Necrotizing pancreatitis; Open abdomen

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREAS SURGERY; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMEN; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING;

EID: 24344508212     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccx.0000166398.50517.fb     Document Type: Review

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