Immediate versus Postponed Intervention for Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Lotte Boxhoorn,
Sven M. van Dijk,
Janneke van Grinsven,
Robert C. Verdonk,
Marja A. Boermeester,
Thomas L. Bollen,
Stefan A.W. Bouwense,
Marco J. Bruno,
Vincent C. Cappendijk,
Cornelis H.C. Dejong,
Peter van Duijvendijk,
Casper H.J. van Eijck,
Paul Fockens,
Michiel F.G. Francken,
Harry van Goor,
Muhammed Hadithi,
Nora D. Hallensleben,
Jan Willem Haveman,
Maarten Jacobs,
Jeroen M. Jansen,
Marnix P.M. Kop,
Krijn P. van Lienden,
Eric R. Manusama,
J. Sven D. Mieog,
I. Quintus Molenaar,
Vincent B. Nieuwenhuijs,
Alexander C. Poen,
JanWerner Poley,
Marcel C.G. van de Poll,
Rutger Quispel,
Tessa E H Römkens,
Matthijs P. Schwartz,
Tom Seerden,
Martijn W.J. Stommel,
Jan Willem Straathof,
Hester C. Timmerhuis,
Niels G. Venneman,
Rogier P. Voermans,
Wim van de Vrie,
Ben J.�M. Witteman,
Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf,
Hjalmar C. van Santvoort,
Marc G. Besselink
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa2100826
Subject(s) - medicine , drainage , surgery , randomization , complication , confidence interval , pancreatitis , randomized controlled trial , ecology , biology
Infected necrotizing pancreatitis is a potentially lethal disease that is treated with the use of a step-up approach, with catheter drainage often delayed until the infected necrosis is encapsulated. Whether outcomes could be improved by earlier catheter drainage is unknown.
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