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Infected pancreatic necrosis—Current trends in management
Acute necrotizing pancreatitis is a common gastrointestinal disease requiring hospitalization and multiple interventions resulting in higher...
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Infected pancreatic necrosis: outcomes and clinical predictors of mortality. A post hoc analysis of the MANCTRA-1 international study
The identification of high-risk patients in the early stages of infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is critical, because it could help the clinicians...
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Dynamics of Serum Procalcitonin Can Predict Outcome in Patients of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis: A Prospective Analysis
BackgroundTimely intervention can alter outcome in patients of infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) but lacks adequate biomarker. Role of serum...
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Early Endoscopic Interventions for Pancreatic Necrosis: Indications, Technique, and Outcomes
Endoscopic transmural drainage is usually performed for symptomatic well-encapsulated walled-off necrosis (WON) that usually develops in the delayed...
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Identification of early predictors for infected necrosis in acute pancreatitis
BackgroundIn acute pancreatitis, secondary infection of pancreatic necrosis is a complication that mostly necessitates interventional therapy. A...
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Infected pancreatic necrosis complicating severe acute pancreatitis in critically ill patients: predicting catheter drainage failure and need for necrosectomy
BackgroundRecent guidelines advocate a step-up approach for managing suspected infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) during acute pancreatitis. Nearly...
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Plasma metagenomic next-generation sequencing of microbial cell-free DNA detects pathogens in patients with suspected infected pancreatic necrosis
BackgroundInfected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is a life-threatening complication of acute pancreatitis (AP). Timely diagnosis of IPN could facilitate...
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Minimal-access video-assisted retroperitoneal and/or transperitoneal debridement (VARTD) in the management of infected walled-off pancreatic necrosis with deep extension: initial experience from a prospective single-arm study
BackgroundThe currently preferred minimally invasive approaches have substantially improved outcomes of infected walled-off pancreatic necrosis...
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The role of high serum triglyceride levels on pancreatic necrosis development and related complications
BackgroundThe relevance of elevated serum triglyceride (TG) levels in the early stages of acute pancreatitis (AP) not induced by hypertriglyceridemia...
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The clinical outcome from early versus delayed minimally invasive intervention for infected pancreatic necrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundWhile the management of infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) has evolved in the last two decades with the adoption of minimally invasive...
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“One-step” approach versus “Step-up” approach minimally invasive treatment for infected pancreatic necrosis: a study protocol for a single-center, prospective, randomized controlled trial
BackgroundCurrently, the minimally invasive “Step-up” surgical strategy is still the main treatment for infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN). However,...
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Infection with SARS-CoV-2 can cause pancreatic impairment
Evidence suggests associations between COVID-19 patients or vaccines and glycometabolic dysfunction and an even higher risk of the occurrence of...
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Predictors of Mortality and Drug Resistance Among Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae-Infected Pancreatic Necrosis Patients
IntroductionCarbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) has emerged as a global threat to hospitalization patients. Infected pancreatic necrosis...
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Occurrence and Risk Factors of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis in Intensive Care Unit–Treated Patients with Necrotizing Severe Acute Pancreatitis
BackgroundIn patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is associated with a worsened outcome. We studied risk...
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Step-up approach for the treatment of infected necrotising pancreatitis: real life data from a single-centre experience with long-term follow-up
BackgroundAbout 20% of patients with acute pancreatitis develop a necrotising form with a worse prognosis due to frequent appearance of organ...
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Endoscopic ultrasound–guided drainage of early pancreatic necrotic collection: Single-center retrospective study
BackgroundEndoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided drainage is the standard of care for drainage of pancreatic necrosis. Though initially it was mainly...
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A Risk Score for Predicting the Necessity of Surgical Necrosectomy in the Treatment of Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis
BackgroundFor infected necrotizing pancreatitis (INP), percutaneous catheter drainage (PCD) is now widely acknowledged as the initial intervention in...
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Early encapsulation of peripancreatic fluid/necrosis collections on imaging (CECT) in acute pancreatitis: influential factors and clinical significance for prognosis
BackgroundTo identify the factors influencing the early encapsulation of peripancreatic fluid/necrosis collections via contrast-enhanced computed...
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A case of pancreatic adenosquamous cell carcinoma with a pseudocyst following curative surgery
BackgroundPancreatic adenosquamous cell carcinoma (PASC) is a relatively rare histological type of pancreatic malignancy, and preoperative diagnosis...
