Abstract | BACKGROUND: PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a retrospective study, we examined 71 patients with pancreatic pseudocysts following an episode of acute pancreatitis, which were treated in our hospital from 1980 to 2000. Forty-one (57.5%) patients had a large pancreatic pseudocyst. Most patients underwent invasive treatments: 9 (12.6%) had percutaneous drainage, 37 (52.1%) open surgery and 13 (18.3%) endoscopic cyst gastrostomy. 12 patients (16.9%) of the 71 were cured with medical therapy alone. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | P Soliani, S Ziegler, C Franzini, P Dell'Abate, P Del Rio, F Di Mario, M Cavestro, M Sianesi |
Journal | Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver
(Dig Liver Dis)
Vol. 36
Issue 2
Pg. 135-40
(Feb 2004)
ISSN: 1590-8658 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 15002822
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Body Weights and Measures
- Endoscopy, Digestive System
(methods)
- Female
- Humans
- Length of Stay
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pancreatic Pseudocyst
(physiopathology, therapy)
- Recurrence
- Retrospective Studies
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
(methods)
- Treatment Outcome
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