Acute necrotizing pancreatitis: role of CT-guided percutaneous catheter drainage.

Abstract

Necrotizing pancreatitis is the most severe form of acute pancreatitis associated with high morbidity and mortality. Percutaneous CT-guided catheter drainage is an important treatment option that can be effective whether used alone, or as an adjunct to operation. Existing literature describing the role of percutaneous catheter drainage of necrotizing pancreatitis is limited. This update reviews techniques, indications, outcomes, and complications of CT-guided percutaneous treatment of acute necrotizing pancreatitis.

• Authors: Dmitri Segal, Koenraad J Mortele, Peter A Banks, Stuart G Silverman
• Journal: Abdominal imaging (Abdom Imaging) 2007 May-Jun Vol. 32 Issue 3 Pg. 351-61 ISSN: 0942-8925 [Print] United States
• PMID: 17502982 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Catheterization
• Drainage (methods)
• Humans
• Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing (diagnostic imaging, therapy)
• Radiography, Interventional
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed