title: Pancreatic necrosis: paradigm of a multidisciplinary team.
abstract: Although we recommend the team approach for the treatment of pancreatic necrosis, we cannot support our method with evidence-based medicine. The few reports available (presented in this article) suggest an improvement by avoiding surgery in many cases and with a low mortality. Two important prerequisites are necessary to begin this team method. First is the assembly of a team, which requires years of recruitment using influence and leadership at centers of expertise in the treatment of pancreatic necrosis. Second, and possibly just as difficult as team assembly, is the design and use of a common algorithm that allows the reporting of data supported with the "power of n."
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Avenue, PO Box 900 (C6-GSURG), Seattle, WA 98111, USA.
authors.forename: Mehran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fotoohi
authors.forename: L William
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Traverso
mesh_terms: D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed