Ji Young Bang, Sundeep Lakhtakia, Shyam Thakkar, James L Buxbaum, Irving Waxman, Bryce Sutton, Sana F Memon, Shailendra Singh, Jahangeer Basha, Ajay Singh, Udayakumar Navaneethan, Robert H Hawes, Charles M Wilcox, Shyam Varadarajulu
BACKGROUND: Although the preferred management approach for patients with infected necrotising pancreatitis is endoscopic transluminal stenting followed by endoscopic necrosectomy as step-up treatment if there is no clinical improvement, the optimal timing of necrosectomy is unclear. Therefore, we aimed to compare outcomes between performing upfront necrosectomy at the index intervention versus as a step-up measure in patients with infected necrotising pancreatitis. METHODS: This single-blinded, multicentre, randomised trial (DESTIN) was done at six tertiary care hospitals (five hospitals in the USA and one hospital in India)...
January 2024: Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology