Surgical Treatment of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis.
- Author:
Min Gyu KIM
1
;
Young Soo JUNG
;
Song Cheol KIM
;
Kwan Tae PARK
;
Duck Jong HAN
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. drksc@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Acute necrotizing pancreatitis;
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome;
Necrosectomy;
Drainage procedure
- MeSH:
Atrial Natriuretic Factor;
Chungcheongnam-do;
Diet;
Drainage;
Female;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Male;
Medical Records;
Mortality;
Pancreatitis;
Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing*;
Prognosis;
Retrospective Studies;
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
- From:Korean Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
2006;10(3):31-36
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: Acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) causes severe symptoms and shows a high mortality rate 10-40%. Proper operative strategies for the treatment of ANP are still disputed. The aim of this study was to review our experience of 29 cases of ANP, and to examine the possibility of using systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria as a prognostic factor. METHODS: The medical records of 29 patients with ANP operated on at the Asan Medical Center between 1998 and 2005 were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were categorized by the presence or absence of SIRS before operation. 16 patients had SIRS preoperatively (SIRS group), and 13 did not (NSIRS group). The patients comprised of 27 men and 2 women, with a mean age of 44.7 years. RESULTS: The surgical indications were sepsis syndrome, persistent pancreatitis with severe pain and late complications. The infection rates were 94% and 62% in the SIRS and NSIRS groups, respectively. Diet was started 12.6 and 7.8 days after surgery in the SIRS and NSIRS groups respectively. Postoperative hospitalization in the SIRS and NSIRS groups were 57.8 and 30.9 days, with 3 and 1 mortalities respectively. In the SIRS group, 13 patients (81%) had necrosectomy and drainage, and 3 (19%) a pancreatic resection. In the NSIRS group, 7 patients (54%) had necrosectomy and drainage, and 6 (46%) a patinets resection. CONCLUSION: SIRS might be useful in predicting the prognosis of ANP after surgery. Necrosectomy and drainage procedures, but not in the early period of diseases, can be performed safely to avoid surgical complications and preserve the endocrine function.
