Viele Fragen... Intensivmedizinische Therapie der schweren akuten Pankreatitis: welche
Standards heute? Evidenz zur interventionellen Therapie von Pseudozysten? Ergebnisse …

… Eighty-seven patients received a proctoscopy with standardised biopsy sampling. Thirteen
patients had been diagnosed with residual rectal mucosa before. Sixty-three patients (63 %) …

Diese zweite, vollständig überarbeitete Auflage trägt dem seit der Erstauflage 1996 gewonnenen
umfangreichen neuen Wissen Rechnung. Von einem Autorenteam verfasst, das über …

Context Adjuvant fluorouracil has been shown to be of benefit for patients with resected
pancreatic cancer. Gemcitabine is known to be the most effective agent in advanced disease as …

Context Patients with periampullary adenocarcinomas undergo the same resectional
surgery as that of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Although adjuvant …

Background The ESPAC-3 trial showed that adjuvant gemcitabine is the standard of care
based on similar survival to and less toxicity than adjuvant 5-fluorouracil/folinic acid in patients …

… Dr Büchler reports receipt of a grant for this study from Bayer Vital GmbH, Leverkusen,
Germany. Drs Encke and Gutt have received honoraria for lecturing, and Drs Büchler, Encke, and …

(1) Mild acute pancreatitis is not an indication for pancreatic surgery. (2) The use of
prophylactic broad-spectrum antibiotics reduces infection rates in computed tomography-proven …

Hypothesis Advances in specialized centers for pancreatic diseases have improved surgical
morbidity and outcome. In the past, postoperative local complications (pancreatic fistulae) …

Background Data Infection of pancreatic necrosis is the most important risk factor contributing
to death in severe acute pancreatitis, and it is generally accepted that infected pancreatic …