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Selective Necrosectomy for Infected Pancreatic Necrosis [PDF]

open access: yesDigestive Surgery, 2016
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Until recently, a diagnosis of infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) warranted necrosectomy, which was associated with high morbidity and mortality rates greater than 20%. Preoperative percutaneous drainage delayed the need for necrosectomy with improved outcomes. <b><i>Methods:</i></b&
Ola, Ahmed   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

LOCAL-FOCAL NECROTIZING HAEMORRHAGIC ACUTE PANCREATITIS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE [PDF]

open access: yesBasrah Journal of Surgery, 2003
A rare case of a twenty-six years old male, presented to emergency department of Mosul General Hospital in Mosul, as acute abdomen, on exploration, acute local- focal necrotizing pancreatitis was found, presented as a tumour like swelling related to the ...
Mahmood A.H. Salih
doaj   +1 more source

Superiority of Step-up Approach vs Open Necrosectomy in Long-term Follow-up of Patients With Necrotizing Pancreatitis.

open access: yesGastroenterology, 2019
BACKGROUND & AIMS In a 2010 randomized trial (the PANTER trial), a surgical step-up approach for infected necrotizing pancreatitis was found to reduce the composite endpoint of death or major complications compared with open necrosectomy; 35% of patients
R. A. Hollemans   +36 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Laparoscopic-Assisted Pancreatic Necrosectomy: Technique and Initial Outcomes

open access: yesThe American surgeon, 2022
Background Necrotizing pancreatitis (NP) may result de novo or following procedures such as ERCP or partial pancreatectomy (post-procedural), and may require surgical debridement.
N. Eng   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sinusitis and oroantral fistula in patients with bisphosphonate-associated necrosis of the maxilla [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND: The management of bisphosphonate related necrosis of the jaw has become clinical routine. While approximately two thirds of the lesions are in the mandible, one third is located in the maxilla.
Andres Stricker   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Open Surgical versus Minimal Invasive Necrosectomy of the Pancreas-A Retrospective Multicenter Analysis of the German Pancreatitis Study Group. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Necrotising pancreatitis, and particularly infected necrosis, are still associated with high morbidity and mortality. Since 2011, a step-up approach with lower morbidity rates compared to initial open necrosectomy has been established. However, mortality
Sebastian Rasch   +27 more
doaj   +1 more source

Open necrosectomy combined with continuous positive drainage and prophylactic diverting loop ileostomy for late infected pancreatic necrosis: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Background To evaluate an innovative open necrosectomy strategy with continuous positive drainage and prophylactic diverting loop ileostomy for the management of late infected pancreatic necrosis (LIPN).
Dong-Guang Niu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methodological overview of systematic reviews to establish the evidence base for emergency general surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND: The evidence for treatment decision‐making in emergency general surgery has not been summarized previously. The aim of this overview was to review the quantity and quality of systematic review evidence for the most common emergency surgical ...
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core   +2 more sources

Green Endoscopy: Can Filtered Water Use in Endoscopy Be a Safe, Economical Alternative Which Promotes Sustainable Healthcare?

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sustainable healthcare is an evolving paradigm of growing importance that focuses on reducing environmental impact whilst maintaining quality patient care. Currently, evidence is lacking to support the use of sterile water in diagnostic colonoscopy resulting in a growing shift towards use of tap water and appropriate recycling of ...
Michael Rouse   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Double-catheter lavage combined with percutaneous flexible endoscopic debridement for infected pancreatic necrosis failed to percutaneous catheter drainage

open access: yesBMC Gastroenterology, 2017
Background Infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is a serious local complication of acute pancreatitis, with high mortality. Minimally invasive therapy including percutaneous catheter drainage (PCD) has become the preferred method for IPN instead of ...
Pi Liu   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

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