Walled-off necrosis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University of Toyama
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Medical institutions in Japan (university hospitals or community/tertiary centers) that provide care for pancreatic fluid collections (PFCs: pseudocysts and/or walled-off necrosis) and perform or participate in decision-making regarding endoscopic management including EUS-guided drainage One institution-level response provided by a responsible endoscopist (pancreatobiliary specialist) Ability to complete the online questionnaire and provision of informed consent to participate Submission within the survey period with no missing data in the primary outcome item
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Institutions that neither perform endoscopic management for PFCs nor participate in decision-making for such management Individual-level responses or duplicate submissions from the same institution (only the latest/most complete response will be analyzed) Responses with major missing data in key items or with obvious logical inconsistencies Submissions outside the survey window or without consent Institutions outside Japan
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of centers that perform EUS-guided drainage within 4 weeks of disease onset provided that sufficient encapsulation is confirmed on cross-sectional imaging. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactNobuhiko Hayashi
Univerisity of Toyama Third department of internal medicine
Outcome results
None listed