Minimal access retroperitoneal pancreatic necrosectomy: Improvement in morbidity and mortality with a less invasive approach

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 787-793

  Raraty, Michael G T ^a   Halloran, Christopher M ^a   Dodd, Susanna ^a,b   Ghaneh, Paula ^a   Connor, Saxon ^c   Evans, Jonathan ^d   Sutton, Robert ^a   Neoptolemos, John P ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL ACCESS RETROPERITONEAL PANCREATIC NECROSECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPEN NECROSECTOMY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS SURGERY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951665315     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181d96c53     Document Type: Article

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