Is minimally invasive retroperitoneal pancreatic necrosectomy too aggressive in treating infected pancreatic necrosis?

Pancreatology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 610-

  Zerem, Enver ^a   Pavlović Čalić, Nada ^a   Bevanda, Milenko ^b  

^a University Clinical Center Tuzla   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b Clinical Hospital Mostar   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; CATHETER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFECTIOUS PANCREATIC NECROSIS; LETTER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84856436368     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331795     Document Type: Article

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