[Surgical treatment of acute pancreatitis: experience at a general hospital].
The authors present a study of 15 cases of necrotizing acute pancreatitis treated surgically at the Surgery Department of the University Hospital of the University of São Paulo. All patients in the series were submitted to exploratory laparotomy with sequestrectomy and drainage. Etiology, sex, age, complications, and Ranson prognostic criteria were compared to mortality. Overall mortality was 33%.
Carvalho
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Reina
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Waksman
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Ferreira
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Tolosa
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Tratamento cirúrgico da pancreatite aguda: experiência de um hospital geral.