Shelat V G, Diddapur R K
Liver Transplant Unit, Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074.
Singapore Med J. 2007 Aug;48(8):e220-3.
With the marriage of surgery and technology, applications of minimal access surgery are increasing exponentially. Pancreatic diseases are no exception. Minimally invasive retroperitoneal pancreatic necrosectomy (MIRP), or percutaneous video-assisted necrosectomy, is a new technique to debride the necrotic pancreas. We report a 51- year-old male patient who successfully underwent MIRP for infected pancreatic necrosis, and briefly review of literature.
