Interventions for necrotizing pancreatitis: An overview of current approaches

Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 463-475

  Trikudanathan, Guru ^a   Arain, Mustafa ^a   Attam, Rajeev ^a   Freeman, Martin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

direct endoscopic necrosectomy; minimally invasive necrosectomy; necrotizing pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; AIR EMBOLISM; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECROSECTIOMY; PANCREAS FISTULA; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED RETROPERITONEAL DEBRIDEMENT;

EID: 84883215884     PISSN: 17474124     EISSN: 17474132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17474124.2013.811055     Document Type: Review

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