Transluminal endoscopic necrosectomy after acute pancreatitis: a multicentre study with long-term follow-up (the GEPARD Study)

Seifert, H; Biermer, Michael; Schmitt, W; Jürgensen, Christian; Will, Uwe; Gerlach, Rainer; Kreitmair, C; Meining, Alexander; Wehrmann, Till; Rösch, Thomas

doi:10.1136/gut.2008.163733

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Transluminal endoscopic necrosectomy after acute pancreatitis: a multicentre study with long-term follow-up (the GEPARD Study)

Published in Gut • Mar 11, 2009

Authors:

H Seifert

Michael Biermer

W Schmitt

Abstract

BACKGROUND: As with endoscopic transmural drainage of peripancreatic fluid collections, the same transluminal access can be expanded to introduce an endoscope through the gastrointestinal wall into the retroperitoneum and remove infected pancreatic necroses under direct visual control. This study re...

Subject

Medicine

Surgery

Pancreatitis

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