Objective To summarize some problems about the management of acute pancreatic pseuclocyst (PPC) by CT guided percutaneous drainage (PCD).Methods The recent domestic and foreign literatures were reviewed in order to explore the research advancement, such as indication, applied time, technique skill, complication and curative effect by CT guided PCD. Results This operation could be early performed in patients with acute PPC, preventing and decreasing the incidence of possible complications resulted from the traditional long-term observation and waiting. The technique skill of operation was easy with low incidence of complications and the effect was good. Combined use of somatostatin might shorten the treatment time. Some patients could be postoperatively managed in out-patient, thus the expense could be cut down. Conclusions CT guided PCD is a minimally invasive operation and is easy to perform with high effective rate and low incidence of complications and low cost. Reasonable selection of the indications and improvement of equipments and operation techniques may be helpful to improve the curative effect. The extended application of this operation is advised.
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of multiple minimally invasive therapy and individualized treatments combination in severe acute pancreatitis. Methods The data of sixty-seven patients with severe acute pancreatitis between September 1998 and October 2008 undergoing multiple minimally invasive therapy and individualized treatments were analyzed retrospectively. The changes of APACHE Ⅱ score, CT score, WBC count, total bilirubin, AST, blood glucose, amylase, lypase, C-reactive protein, tumor necrosis factor-α, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, and oxygenation index (PaO2/FiO2) were observed and compared between before and after treatment. Time of abdominal pain relieved, laparotomy rate, mortality rate, recovery rate, hospital stay, and cost of hospitalization were also observed. Results All the detected indexes improved significantly after treatments compared with those before treatments （Plt;0.001）. Time of abdominal pain relieved was (20.17±14.16) h. Laparotomy rate was 6.0% （4/67）. Mortality rate was 7.5% （5/67）. Recovery rate was 92.5% （62/67）. Hospital stay was (30.85±28.37) d and cost of hospitalization was (59 295.78±34 564.44) yuan. Conclusions Multiple minimally invasive therapy and individualized treatments for cases of severe acute pancreatitis with different causes, course, severity of disease, and complications, could significantly improve the clinical indexes and recovery rate of severe acute pancreatitis.
Objective To explore the value of CT guided percutaneous puncture, aspiration and drainage on diagnosis and treatment of local complications of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods Forty-three cases of SAP combined with pancreatic necrosis, peripancreatic hydrops, pseudocyst and abscess were analyzed, all of them underwent CT guided percutaneous puncture, aspiration and drainage. Results The punctures were performed on 43 SAP patients for sixty-four times, the success rate was 100%, and in 24 cases of them puncture were performed for diagnosis, the positive rate of fluid absorption by puncture was 100%. Forty-one of 43 cases (95%) received puncture and tube drainage, open operation was performed in one patient, one patient was automatically discharged. The remission rate of abdominal distension was 93% (40/43) and 16 of 43 cases (37%) were turned to open operation. The effective rate of drainage was 61% (25/41). Conclusion The puncture, aspiration and drainage guided by CT is an effective method in diagnosis and treatment of local complications in part of SAP cases.
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and mechanism of early repeated intermittent veno-venous hemofiltration (RIVVH) in treatment of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods Sixty-five patients were randomly divided into RIVVH group (35 cases) and control group (30 cases). Symptoms, physical signs, serum concentration of BUN, Cr, AST, ALT, AMS were observed and compared between two groups. The changes of C-reactive protein (CRP) and result of bacteria culture, APACHEⅡ grades and Balthazar CT grades, open-belly surgery rate, complications, mortality rate, average hospital stay and costs were compared between these two groups. Results Two patients died of multiple organ failure in the RIVVH group, with 5.7% mortality rate, which was significantly lower than that in the control group (26.7%, 8/30), P＜0.05. Twenty-four hours after treatment, symptoms and signs were alleviated more in RIVVH group; blood biochemical indicator, oxygenation index and CRP level improved significantly in RIVVH group compared with those in control group （P＜0.05，P＜0.01）. Balthazar CT grades and APACHEⅡ grades decreased significantly after treatment in patients of RIVVH group （P=0.002, P＜0.001）. The hospital stay, costs, open-belly surgery rate, complications rate and infection rate were also significantly lower in RIVVH group comparing with those in control group （P＜0.05, P＜0.001）. Conclusion RIVVH can decrease the mortality rate of SAP with high recovery rate, less cost and shorter hospital stay.