Use of Streptokinase for Enhancement of Percutaneous Drainage of Pancreatic Necrosis

Summary

Around 20 per cent of patients with acute pancreatitis develop pancreatic or peripancreatic necrosis with or without peripancreatic collection. Percutaneous catheter drainage successfully drains the liquefied component of pancreatic necrosis while the solid component still remains undrained. This infected solid component of pancreatic necrosis is probably responsible for failure of percutaneous catheter drainage which demands surgical debridement. Streptokinase is a protein secreted by several species of streptococci which can bind and activate human plasminogen. In the present study investigators plan to instill streptokinase locally in to the collections of patients with severe acute pancreatitis via pigtail catheter inorder to liquefy the solid necrotic component and analyze whether it hastens the drainage and thereby delays or obviates the need for necrosectomy.

Timeline

Start

2013-05

Primary completion

2014-12

Completion

2014-12

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