Approaches to the drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 488-492

  Brugge, William R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst gastrostomy; Endoscopic cyst gastrostomy; External drainage; Pancreatic pseudocyst; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; PANCREAS ENZYME;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CATHETER; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FAT NECROSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; REVIEW; STENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 4344712868     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001574-200409000-00012     Document Type: Review

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