Early operation for fulminant acute pancreatitis: A possible way to decrease mortality

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1492-1494

  Yang, Dong Jie ^a   He, Yu Long ^a   Cai, Shi Rong ^a   Peng, Jian Jun ^a   Zhang, Chang Hua ^a   Zhan, Wen Hua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Early operation; Fulminant acute pancreatitis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREAS SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 70349554360     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.13.003     Document Type: Article

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