OBJECTIVES: Current guidelines for necrotizing pancreatitis (NP) recommend delay in
drainage±necrosectomy until 4 or more weeks after initial presentation to allow collections to …

Background & Aims In a 2010 randomized trial (the PANTER trial), a surgical step-up
approach for infected necrotizing pancreatitis was found to reduce the composite endpoint of …

Background Necrotizing pancreatitis with infected necrotic tissue is associated with a high
rate of complications and death. Standard treatment is open necrosectomy. The outcome …

Background Infected necrotising pancreatitis is a potentially lethal disease and an indication
for invasive intervention. The surgical step-up approach is the standard treatment. A …

Background Infected necrotizing pancreatitis is a potentially lethal disease that is treated
with the use of a step-up approach, with catheter drainage often delayed until the infected …

Pancreatic and peripancreatic necrosis may result in significant morbidity and mortality in
patients with acute pancreatitis. Many recommendations have been made for management …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Treatment of patients with necrotizing pancreatitis has become
more conservative and less invasive, but there are few data from prospective studies to …

Acute pancreatitis is the most common gastrointestinal indication for hospital admission, and
infected pancreatic and/or extrapancreatic necrosis is a potentially lethal complication …

Background The initial treatment of acute necrotizing pancreatitis is conservative.
Intervention is indicated in patients with (suspected) infected necrotizing pancreatitis. In the …

Background The optimal diagnostic strategy and timing of intervention in infected necrotizing
pancreatitis are subject to debate. A survey was performed on these topics amongst a group …