Immediate versus Postponed Intervention for Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis.
Lotte BoxhoornSven M van DijkJanneke van GrinsvenRobert C VerdonkMarja A BoermeesterThomas L BollenStefan A W BouwenseMarco J BrunoVincent C CappendijkCornelis H C DejongPeter van DuijvendijkCasper H J van EijckPaul FockensMichiel F G FranckenHarry van GoorMuhammed HadithiNora D L HallenslebenJan Willem HavemanMaarten A J M JacobsJeroen M JansenMarnix P M KopKrijn P van LiendenEric R ManusamaJ Sven D MieogI Quintus MolenaarVincent B NieuwenhuijsAlexander C PoenJan-Werner PoleyMarcel van de PollRutger QuispelTessa E H RömkensMatthijs P SchwartzTom C SeerdenMartijn W J StommelJan Willem A StraathofHester C TimmerhuisNiels G VennemanRogier P VoermansWim van de VrieBen J WittemanMarcel G W DijkgraafHjalmar C van SantvoortMarc G H Besselinknull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2021)
This trial did not show the superiority of immediate drainage over postponed drainage with regard to complications in patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis. Patients randomly assigned to the postponed-drainage strategy received fewer invasive interventions. (Funded by Fonds NutsOhra and Amsterdam UMC; POINTER ISRCTN Registry number, ISRCTN33682933.).