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Chapter 28. Indications for Interventional and Surgical Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis

  1. Hans G. Beger MD, FACS(Hon) Founding Editor Emeritus Professor of Surgery3,
  2. Andrew L. Warshaw MD Surgeon-in-Chief Chairman4,5,
  3. Markus W. Büchler MD Chairman Head Professor of Surgery6,
  4. Richard A. Kozarek MD Director7,
  5. Markus M. Lerch MD, FRCP Professor Chair8,
  6. John P. Neoptolemos MA, MB, BChir, MD, FRCS, FMedSci Head Professor of Surgery9,10,11,
  7. Keiko Shiratori MD Chair Professor12,
  8. David C. Whitcomb MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Chief13,
  9. Bettina M. Rau MD Coordinating Editor Associate Professor of Surgery14
  1. Thomas E. Clancy MD Associate Surgeon Instructor in Surgery1,2,
  2. Stanley W. Ashley MD Vice Chairman of Surgery1,2

Published Online: 4 FEB 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9781444300123.ch28

Book Title

The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery, Second Edition

The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Clancy, T. E. and Ashley, S. W. (2009) Indications for Interventional and Surgical Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis, in The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery, Second Edition (eds H. G. Beger, A. L. Warshaw, M. W. Büchler, R. A. Kozarek, M. M. Lerch, J. P. Neoptolemos, K. Shiratori, D. C. Whitcomb and B. M. Rau), Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444300123.ch28

Editor Information

  1. 3

    c/o Universitätsklinikum Ulm, University of Ulm, Germany

  2. 4

    Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

  3. 5

    W. Gerald Austen Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  4. 6

    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany

  5. 7

    Digestive Disease Institute, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

  6. 8

    Department of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany

  7. 9

    The Owen and Ellen Evans Chair of Cancer Studies, University of Liverpool, UK

  8. 10

    Division of Surgery and Oncology, University of Liverpool, UK

  9. 11

    School of Cancer Studies, University of Liverpool, UK

  10. 12

    Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

  11. 13

    Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

  12. 14

    Department of General, Thoracic, Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany

Author Information

  1. 1

    Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

  2. 2

    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 4 FEB 2009
  2. Published Print: 11 APR 2008

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405146647

Online ISBN: 9781444300123

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Keywords:

  • acute pancreatitis - interventional and surgical treatment;
  • pancreatitis intervention - conservative management protocols;
  • surgical or interventional therapy in acute pancreatitis;
  • gallstone pancreatitis - ERCP and cholecystectomy;
  • severe sterile necrosis;
  • surgical and interventional procedures;
  • minimally invasive and percutaneous techniques

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Intervention for pancreatitis: historical perspective

  • Intervention for pancreatitis: conservative management protocols

  • Current indications for surgical/interventional therapy

  • Surgical and interventional procedures

  • Future study

  • References

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