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Indications for Surgery: The Internist’s View

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Standards in Pancreatic Surgery

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There are many indications for intervention in acute pancreatitis, including trauma to the pancreas, impacted gallstone, complications of pseudocyst, pancreatic abscess, infected necrosis, and possibly sterile necrosis. Most of these have been covered elsewhere. I would like to focus on infected necrosis and sterile necrosis.

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  1. GI Suite ASBII-2, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, 02115, Boston, MA, USA

    P. A. Banks

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  1. Abteilung für Allgemeine Chirurgie, Universitätsklinik Ulm, Steinhövelstraße 9, W-7900, Ulm, Germany

    H. G. Beger  & M. Büchler  & 

  2. Abteilung Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinik Ulm, Robert-Koch-Straße 8, W-7900, Ulm, Germany

    P. Malfertheiner

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Banks, P.A. (1993). Indications for Surgery: The Internist’s View. In: Beger, H.G., Büchler, M., Malfertheiner, P. (eds) Standards in Pancreatic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77437-9_17

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