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PANCREAS
Volume 47, Issue 10, Pages 1317-1321Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000001154
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necrotizing pancreatitis; walled-off pancreatic necrosis; step-up; surgical necrosectomy
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Objectives An increasing number of providers have begun to use a minimally invasive step-up approach as opposed to traditional surgical necrosectomy in the management of acute necrotizing pancreatitis. Studies have shown mixed results, thus we hypothesized that the step-up approach is safer and associated with decreased mortality and length of stay (LOS). Methods This is a retrospective cohort study of patients admitted from January 2010 to March 2015 who underwent interventions for walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WOPN). Primary outcomes included LOS after intervention and mortality, in-hospital and 90-day, with secondary outcomes of procedural complications. Results Sixty-nine patients developed WOPN requiring intervention during the study period. In-hospital mortality was 5.6% (n = 2) in the step-up cohort compared with 18.2% (n = 6) in the surgical cohort (relative risk, 3.27; 95% confidence interval, 0.71-15.09). Ninety-day mortality was 9.1% (n = 3) in the step-up cohort and 21.9% (n = 7) in the surgical cohort (relative risk, 2.41; 95% confidence interval, 0.68-8.50). Postintervention LOS was 8 days in the step-up cohort and 17 days in the surgical cohort (P = 0.62). Conclusions A step-up approach, as compared with primary surgical necrosectomy in the management of WOPN, results in clinically significant decreases in mortality and LOS.
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