CT-Guided Percutaneous Catheter Drainage of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Clinical Experience and Observations in Patients with Sterile and Infected Necrosis

Mortele, Koenraad; Girshman, Jeffrey; Szejnfeld, Denis; Ashley, Stanley; ERTÜRK, ŞÜKRÜ; Banks, Peter; Silverman, Stuart

doi:10.2214/ajr.08.1116

CT-Guided Percutaneous Catheter Drainage of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Clinical Experience and Observations in Patients with Sterile and Infected Necrosis

Mortele K. J., Girshman J., Szejnfeld D., Ashley S. W., ERTÜRK Ş. M., Banks P. A., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, vol.192, no.1, pp.110-116, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 192 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2009
Doi Number: 10.2214/ajr.08.1116
Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.110-116
Keywords: organ failure, pancreatic necrosis, pancreatitis, percutaneous catheter drainage, FLUID COLLECTIONS, GUIDELINES, MANAGEMENT
Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to report on clinical experience with and observations made during primary CT-guided percutaneous catheter drainage of acute necrotizing pancreatitis and to compare results among patients with sterile and those with infected necrosis.