Open AccessEarly or Delayed Catheter Drainage for Cases of Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis?
Author(s) -
Sanjeevani Tomar,
Justin Forde,
Vaibhav Wadhwa,
Neil Sharma
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
@gijournal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2768-1564
DOI - 10.52697/gijournal.v2i1.32
Subject(s) - necrotizing pancreatitis , medicine , catheter , pancreatitis , surgery , drainage , intervention (counseling) , intensive care medicine , general surgery , biology , nursing , ecology
International guidelines recommend delaying catheter drainage in cases of infected necrotizing pancreatitis until the affected tissue is encapsulated. However, there is no clear evidence that earlier catheter drainage would improve the outcomes of this potentially lethal condition.
We summarize the @GIJournal discussion held on March 6, 2022, during which we discussed the article by Boxhoorn et al. titled Immediate versus postponed intervention for infected necrotizing pancreatitis1. The session was moderated by Dr. Vaibhav Wadhwa (VW [@vaibhav_manu]) and the key findings were critically reviewed by Dr. Neil R. Sharma (NS [@neilRsharmaMD]).