Multimodal necrosectomy with full combined endoscopic necrosectomy in the management of acute necrotizing pancreatitis

Abstract

Transgastric and transduodenal endoscopic drainages and necrosectomy are minimally invasive and effective way for the treatment of infected necrosis in the setting of acute pancreatitis (AP), but are limited in case of large and distant collections or in case of altered anatomy. We present an exclusively endoscopic approach consisting of multimodal endoscopic necrosectomy. We included consecutive patients with severe AP and presenting with large and infected necrosis requiring one transgastric and at least one extra-gastric access, among which are percutaneous, transcolonic, and/or transgrelic access. All accesses and necrosectomy sessions were performed endoscopically with CO2 insufflation. Six consecutive patients were treated. The location of infected collections were perigastric (100%), right and left paracolonic (67% and 67%), and paraduodenal (33%). All patients had transgastric or transduodenal access, all had at least one percutaneous access (total: 7 accesses), one had one transcolonic access, and one had one transjejunal access. A median of 4 necrosectomy sessions (2–5) were performed. All patients recovered without additional surgical necrosectomy. Full endoscopic multimodal management of infected necrosis with step-up approach seems feasible, safe, and effective in very large collections.