Acute necrotizing pancreatitis: Necrosectomy versus resection

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 974-975

  Werner, Jens ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33744761877     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0006-0     Document Type: Note

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