Acute pancreatitis

Joshua G. Barton, Michael G. Sarr, Moshe Schein

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Abstract

In this edition, we decided to invite Drs. Sarr and Barton from the Mayo Clinic to write this chapter on the surgical management of acute pancreatitis. As the treatment of this condition has become less aggressive, increasingly non-invasive, and tailored to the individual patient, it requires a dedicated multispecialty team, which includes surgeons, radiologists, endoscopists, and intensivists. If possible, patients suffering from complications of severe pancreatitis should not be treated in community or rural hospitals but transferred to centers that can offer the best care-based on the multiple modalities of treatment mentioned by Drs. Sarr and Barton.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSchein's Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery (Third Edition)
Subtitle of host publicationAn Unconventional Book for Trainees and Thinking Surge
PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages167-184
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9783540748205
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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