Failure of thoracic duct drainage to ameliorate life-threatening physiologic derangements of acute alcoholic pancreatitis.
In a prospective, randomized trial involving 11 patients, thoracic duct drainage failed to equal the immediate and reliable benefit gained by peritoneal dialysis in the treatment of severe alcoholic pancreatitis. Instead, patient management was perhaps even more complicated by such an approach.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D002435:Cefamandole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008196:Lymph; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D013897:Thoracic Duct / Q000473:pathology
D002435:Cefamandole