BACKGROUND: Comparative outcomes after endoscopic drainage of specific types of symptomatic pancreatic fluid collections, defined by using standardized nomenclature, have not been described. This study sought to determine outcome differences after attempted endoscopic drainage of pancreatic fluid collections classified as @entity39 , @entity9007 . METHODS: Outcomes were retrospectively analyzed for consecutive @entity1 with symptoms caused by pancreatic fluid collections referred for endoscopic transmural and/or transpapillary drainage. RESULTS: Complete endoscopic resolution was achieved in 113 of 138 @entity1 (82%). Resolution was significantly more frequent in @entity1 with @entity102 (59/64, 92%) than acute @entity9007 (23/31, 74%, p = 0.02) or @entity39 (31/43, 72%, p = 0.006). Complications were more common in @entity1 with @entity39 (16/43, 37%) than chronic (11/64, 17%, p = 0.02) or acute @entity9007 (6/31, 19%, p = NS). At a median follow-up of 2.1 years after successful endoscopic treatment (resolution), pancreatic fluid collections had recurred in 18 of 113 @entity1 (16%). Recurrences developed more commonly in @entity1 with @entity39 (9/31, 29%) than acute @entity9007 (2/23, 9%, p = 0.07) or @entity102 (7/59, 12%, p = 0.047). CONCLUSIONS: Successful resolution of pancreatic fluid collections may be achieved endoscopically by an experienced therapeutic endoscopist. Outcomes differ depending on the type of pancreatic fluid collection drained. Further studies of endoscopic drainage of pancreatic fluid collections must use defined terminology to allow meaningful comparisons.

Outcome differences after endoscopic drainage of XXXX , acute @entity9007 , and chronic @entity9007 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity9007 :: ('MESH:D010192', 'Disease') :: ['pseudocysts', 'acute pseudocyst, and chronic pseudocyst'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic pseudocysts'] @entity39 :: ('MESH:D009336', 'Disease') :: ['necrosis', 'pancreatic necrosis']
@entity39 :: (MESH:D009336,Disease) :: ['pancreatic necrosis']
