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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2017; 23(30): 5460-5468
Published online Aug 14, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i30.5460
Published online Aug 14, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i30.5460
Pancreatitis: Preventing catastrophic haemorrhage
Richard PT Evans, Gunraj Pall, Russel’s Hall Hospital, Dudley DY1 2HQ, United Kingdom
Moustafa Mabrouk Mourad, Simon G Fisher, Simon R Bramhall, Department of Surgery, the Wye Valley NHS Trust, Hereford HR1 2ER, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Evans RPT designed the study; Evans RPT, Mourad MM and Pall G collected, analysed, interpreted the data, and drafted the article; Fisher SG and Bramhall SR designed the conception, critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content, and made the final approval of the version to be published.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors has any potential conflicting financial interests relevant to this article.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Simon R Bramhall, Department of Surgery, the Wye Valley NHS Trust, Stonebow Rd, Hereford HR1 2ER, United Kingdom. simon.bramhall@wvt.nhs.uk
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Received: March 14, 2017
Peer-review started: March 18, 2017
First decision: April 5, 2017
Revised: May 3, 2017
Accepted: July 12, 2017
Article in press: July 12, 2017
Published online: August 14, 2017
Processing time: 152 Days and 10.1 Hours
Peer-review started: March 18, 2017
First decision: April 5, 2017
Revised: May 3, 2017
Accepted: July 12, 2017
Article in press: July 12, 2017
Published online: August 14, 2017
Processing time: 152 Days and 10.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Pancreatitis represents nearly 3% of acute admissions to general surgery in United Kingdom hospitals. The presence of a fluid collection, necrosis and infection can directly contribute to such vascular complications which are associated with a significant morbidity and mortality. Early recognition of the presence of a pseudo-aneurysm can facilitate expedited care in an expert centre of a complex pathology that may require angiographic, percutaneous, endoscopic or surgical intervention to prevent catastrophic haemorrhage.