Prospective multicentre study of indications for surgery in patients with idiopathic acute pancreatitis following endoscopic ultrasonography (PICUS).
Devica S UmansHester C TimmerhuisMarie-Paule G F AntenAbha BhallaRina A BijlsmaLotte BoxhoornMenno A BrinkMarco J BrunoWouter L CurversBrechje C van EijckG Willemien ErkelensErwin J M van GeenenWouter L HazenChantal V HogeLieke HolAkin IndersonLiesbeth M KagerSjoerd D KuikenLars E PerkRutger QuispelTessa E H RömkensChristina J Sperna WeilandAnnemieke Y ThijssenNiels G VennemanRobert C VerdonkRoy L J van WanrooijBen J WittemanMarc G H BesselinkJeanin E van HooftPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2023)
EUS detected an aetiology in a one-third of patients with a first episode of IAP, requiring mostly cholecystectomy or pancreatoduodenectomy. The role of cholecystectomy in patients with EUS-negative IAP remains uncertain and warrants further study.