중증 급성 괴사성 췌장염은 높은 합병증 발생률과 사망률을 보인다. 급성 괴사성 고임이 4주가 지나면서 구역성 췌장 괴사로 발전하는데 합병증을 동반한 구역성 췌장 괴사는 치료를 필요로 한다. 최근에는 수술보다는 경피적 혹은 내시경을 통한 배액술과 괴사조직 제거술을 시행하고 있으며 특히 내시경초음파를 이용한 배액술의 발전으로 덜 침습적인 방법으로 보다 효과적인 치료가 가능해 졌다.

Up to 15% of acute pancreatitis can develop to acute necrotizing pancreatitis characterized by necrosis of the pancreas parenchyma and/or the peripancreatic tissue. It is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality compared to interstitial edematous pancreatitis. A collection of fluid and necrotic tissue is called acute necrotic collections (ANC) and may form an enhancing wall consisting of reactive tissue after 4 weeks, which is called walled-off necrosis (WON). ANC and WON could be either sterile or infected. WON is often complex and septated, and when it gets infected or causes other serious complications, drainage or resection is indicated. The traditional approach is to surgically remove all the infected necrotic tissue, but this invasive approach carries high rates of complications and death. The recent advance of percutaneous and/or endoscopic approaches has enabled a stepup method for the management of necrotizing pancreatitis. Herein, the authors focused on the endoscopic and percutaneous approaches for the care of patients with necrotizing pancreatitis.

• 소훈섭(울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 소화기내과) | Hoonsub So (Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
• 조석정(울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 소화기내과) | Seokjung Jo (Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
• 송태준(울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 소화기내과) | Tae Jun Song (Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) Corresponding author