[Early operation in acute pancreatitis: operative procedures (author's transl)]

The failure of conservative treatment in severe acute hemorrhagic-necrotizing pancreatitis is one main reason for operative treatment of the diseases by removal of the necrotic masses. In cases of partial necrosis of the pancreas, mortality was significantly reduced by operative treatment; in subtotal and total necrosis only a few patients survived. Early diagnosis and early operation should be done before life-threatening complications occur.