HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association
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Multicenter Study
Surgical management of acute pancreatitis in Italy: lessons from a prospective multicentre study.
This study aimed to evaluate the surgical treatment of acute pancreatitis in Italy and to assess compliance with international guidelines. ⋯ The results indicate poor compliance with published guidelines. In severe pancreatitis, early surgical intervention is frequently performed and enteral feeding is seldom used. Only a small number of patients with mild biliary pancreatitis undergo definitive treatment (i.e. cholecystectomy) within 4 weeks of the onset of pancreatitis.