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Drainage for acute pancreatitis
1First Department of Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iida-Nishi Yamagata City, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Hepato-Gastroenterology
|May 31, 2001
Abstract:
In severe acute pancreatitis, the drainage of activated pancreatic enzymes, infectious substances and necrotic tissue from the abdominal cavity is critical, especially after the operation. We use Faycon drainage tubes together with multi-use feeding tubes. Just after the operation, normal saline is added through the feeding tube and the Faycon drainage tube is suctioned continuously. Irrigation is necessary for more than two weeks.