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Therapeutic percutaneous aspiration of pancreatic pseudocysts

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The therapeutic efficacy and safety of percutaneous aspiration of chronic pancreatic pseudocysts was evaluated. Eight patients underwent aspiration a total of ten times. Permanent resolution was obtained in two patients and a third nonsurgical candidate was offered an alternative therapeutic modality. This procedure is simple, rapid, and safe and could become the initial approach to selected patients with a chronic pancreatic pseudocyst.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Miami, School of Medicine, 33101, Miami, Florida

    J. S. Barkin MD, F. R. Smith MD, R. Pereiras Jr. MD, M. Isikoff MD, J. Levi MD, A. Livingstone MD, M. Hill MD & A. I. Rogers MD

  2. Department of Radiology, VA Hospital, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

    J. S. Barkin MD, F. R. Smith MD, R. Pereiras Jr. MD, M. Isikoff MD, J. Levi MD, A. Livingstone MD, M. Hill MD & A. I. Rogers MD

  3. Department of Radiology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

    J. S. Barkin MD, F. R. Smith MD, R. Pereiras Jr. MD, M. Isikoff MD, J. Levi MD, A. Livingstone MD, M. Hill MD & A. I. Rogers MD

  4. Department of Surgery, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

    J. S. Barkin MD, F. R. Smith MD, R. Pereiras Jr. MD, M. Isikoff MD, J. Levi MD, A. Livingstone MD, M. Hill MD & A. I. Rogers MD

  5. VA Hospital, Miami, Florida

    J. S. Barkin MD, F. R. Smith MD, R. Pereiras Jr. MD, M. Isikoff MD, J. Levi MD, A. Livingstone MD, M. Hill MD & A. I. Rogers MD

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Barkin, J.S., Smith, F.R., Pereiras, R. et al. Therapeutic percutaneous aspiration of pancreatic pseudocysts. Digest Dis Sci 26, 585–586 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01367668

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