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Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Debridement and Drainage for Pancreatic Abscess
Published on: March 15, 2024
[Morphology of the "pancreatorenal syndrome"]
Abstract:
Histological and histochemical studies of the kidneys of white rats with acute pancreonecrosis have demonstrated that as a result of fermentemia and toxemia the kidneys develop a number of successive changes depending on the pattern and the intensity of the pathological process in the pancreas. A picture of the "shock" kidney was seen in the stage of hemorrhagic pancreonecrosis formation. Profound changes in the form of exudative glomerulitis, focal tubular and glomerular necrosis were seen in the kidneys in the stage of "parenchymal" necrosis. The recovery of the renal structure and function correlated with the stage of encapsulation of the necrotic focus in the pancreas.
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