Predictors of the need for necrosectomy in patients with walled-off pancreatic necrosis treated with lumen apposition metal stents.

Laura González-GonzálezSergio BazagaMarianette MurziAnna BrujatsMireia TriasBeatriz de RibaRaffaella RomitoJuan Colán-HernándezMar ConcepciónJordi GordilloJuan Carlos PernasMaria PocaGerman SorianoCarlos Guarner-Argente

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2021)

LAMS is efficient to treat WOPN but more than a third will need necrosectomy. The percentage of necrosis in the collection detected in the CT scan seems to predict the need for necrosectomy.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
dual energy
image quality
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
ultrasound guided
newly diagnosed