Abstract
Currently, acute pancreatitis associated with pancreatic necrosis (or extra-pancreatic necrosis) presents with poor outcomes, with mortality reaching up to 20%. 1 During the last decade, the management of this dreadful condition has changed through the development of medical resuscitation, computed tomography (CT)-guided or ultrasound (US)-guided drainages. 2 Indeed, open surgical necrosectomy is not anymore a first-line treatment, while the percutaneous catheter drainage 3 and the endoscopic transluminal drainage (with or without necrosectomy) 4 have been demonstrated as safe and effective. Yet, a minimally invasive surgical approach may be required when the noninvasive drainage is inefficient or inaccessible. In this video, we show a reproducible pancreatic necrosectomy using a single port.
No funding has been received for this work from any of the following organizations: National Institutes of Health (NIH); Wellcome Trust; Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI); or any others.
No competing financial interests exist.
Runtime of video: 3 mins 48 secs
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