2.1.1 Pancreatic necrosis (also called necrotising pancreatitis) is a serious complication of acute pancreatitis that can occur in some patients. It is associated with significant morbidity, requiring ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Immediate direct endoscopic necrosectomy significantly reduced the number of reinterventions and ...

Transluminal endoscopic necrosectomy represents a true natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgical procedure. Endoscopic necrosectomy is increasingly gaining traction as primary therapy for ...

Upfront endoscopic necrosectomy may be suitable for certain patients with confirmed or suspected infected necrotizing pancreatitis, results of a small randomized trial suggested. In 70 patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lumen-apposing metal stents for endoscopic drainage were not superior to double-pigtail plastic stents in ...

Is open necrosectomy the best procedure for patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis? This study compared conventional open pancreatectomy for the treatment of necrotizing pancreatitis (45 ...

To the Editor: The results from the study by van Santvoort et al. (Minimally Invasive Step-up Approach versus Maximal Necrosectomy in Patients with Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis [PANTER]) (April 22 ...

Interscope, Inc. announced the receipt of FDA de novo clearance to market its EndoRotor System in the United States for direct endoscopic necrosectomy (DEN), a minimally invasive treatment for ...

Background A 50-year-old man with an acute episode of alcohol-induced chronic edematous pancreatitis and an inflammatory stenosis of the biliary tract was treated by implantation of a plastic ...

The pancreas produces juices that contain substances (enzymes) that help to digest food. Sometimes these substances can attack the pancreas itself. This can happen if the tube that normally takes the ...