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Acute Complicated Necrotising Pancreatitis Treated with Video-Assisted Retroperitoneal Debridement Cover

Abstract

Acute necrotising pancreatitis is a complex disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. In cases of infected necrosis, treatment consists of a step-up approach involving endoscopic or mini-invasive surgical methods. In some cases, there are extremely rare complications. In addition, the underlying comorbidities worsen the course of the disease. We report a case of a 32-year-old male with acute necrotising pancreatitis complicated with recurrent retroperitoneal abscesses, sepsis, iatrogenic pylephlebitis, exacerbation of underlying Crohn’s disease, and the outcome of the treatment was successful. During the period of hospitalisation, one ultrasound-guided percutaneous drainage, two computed tomography-guided punctures of the retroperito-neal space (percutaneous and transhepatic) and five video-assisted retroperitoneal debridement procedures were carried out. The patient was discharged after 185 days of hospitalisation.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2021-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2255-890X | Journal ISSN: 1407-009X
Language: English
Page range: 136 - 141
Submitted on: Jun 3, 2020
Accepted on: Mar 31, 2021
Published on: May 8, 2021
Published by: Latvian Academy of Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

© 2021 Sergejs Šapovalovs, Viktors Ļiņovs, Andris Gardovskis, Sintija Lapsa, Māris Pavārs, Jānis Gardovskis, published by Latvian Academy of Sciences
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