title: Endoscopic transgastric debridement and drainage for splenic necrosis following an acute episode in chronic alcoholic pancreatitis.
abstract: Management of the complications and sequelae of acute and chronic pancreatitis is a clinical challenge. We report a case of successful transgastric drainage of splenic necrosis after occlusion of the splenic vessels during an acute episode in chronic pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland. janek.binek@kssg.ch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Binek
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fretz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meyenberger
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000628:therapy; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013270:Stomach; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed