Endoscopic necrosectomy-a feasible and safe alternative treatment option for infected pancreatic necroses in severe acute pancreatitis: Preliminary results of 18 patients in an ongoing single-center prospective observational study

Pancreas

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 652-655

  Will, Uwe ^a   Wanzar, Igor ^a   Meyer, Frank ^b  

^a Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC NECROSECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS PANCREATIC NECROSIS; LETTER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859932175     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: 15364828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31823d7b1e     Document Type: Letter

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