Treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts by percutaneous drainage. Review and personal experience
| Journal | Volume 61 - 1998 |
| Issue | Fasc.2 - Symposium |
| Author(s) | A. E. Elewaut, M. Afschrift, A. Elewaut |
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| Department of Gastroenterology and Ultrasound, University Hospital of Ghent, De Pintelaan 185 IK12, 9000 Gent, Belgium |
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Pseudocysts are serious complications of acute and chronic pancreatitis. Asymptomatic pseudocysts require no specific treatment. Symptomatic pseudocysts can be decompressed by surgical, ultrasonographically and endoscopically guided methods. In the absence of randomised prospective trials it can not be stated that one of these techniques is superior to others. Ultrasonographic and endoscopic approaches should be confined to centres with particular expertise in these techniques |
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