Abstract The cause, management and outcome of 23 patients with a pancreatic fistula following acute pancreatitis are reviewed. Nineteen patients developed an external fistula following necrosectomy or drainage of a pancreatic abscess or pseudocyst; four of these patients died. In the 15 survivors sp
Treatment of pancreatic fistula
β Scribed by G. A. Fielding; O. J. Garden; D. C. Carter
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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