Arrosive Bleeding With Pancreatic Necrosis — Tactical Approaches

Abstract

Summary. The problem of hemorrhagic complications of destructive pancreatitis is relevant.
 The aim of the study was to study the frequency and sources of hemorrhagic complications in patients with pancreatic necrosis, to evaluate the tactics of diagnosis and the effectiveness of methods to stop bleeding.
 Materials and methods. A study of the results of treatment of 40 patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis was conducted.
 Results and its discussion. In 67.5 % of patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis, hemorrhagic complications in the form of arrosive bleeding were observed. A method of endovascular occlusion of vessels using Gianturco spirals or stent grafts to stop arrosive bleeding in acute necrotizing pancreatitis has been introduced in the clinic. In 37.0 % of cases, repeated signs of arrosive bleeding were observed. In acute necrotizing pancreatitis complicated by arrosive bleeding, mortality was 44.4 %.
 Conclusions. The main cause of hemorrhagic complications in acute necrotic pancreatitis is acute necrotic changes, during infection of which arrosia of adjacent vessels occurs. The predominant tactic in case of bleeding from the retroperitoneal space against the background of minimally invasive treatment is clamping of drains, endovascular hemostasis using Gianturco spirals or stent grafts and the use of hemostatic soluble gauze (hemostop). Mortality in the development of arrosive bleeding in acute necrotic pancreatitis is 44.4 %.