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. 2016 Apr 16;2016(4):CD011383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011383.pub2

van Brunschot 2013.

Trial name or title TENSION trial
Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants People with infected pancreatic necrosis
Interventions Intervention: minimally invasive step‐up approach (endoscopic): initial endoscopic transgastric drainage followed by endoscopic transgastric necrosectomy if necessary
Control: minimally invasive step‐up approach (surgical): initial percutaneous drainage followed by video‐assisted surgical necrosectomy or open surgical necrosectomy
Outcomes Mortality, major complications, health‐related quality of life, requirement for additional intervention, length of hospital stay, length of intensive therapy unit stay, costs
Starting date 2011
Contact information s.vanbrunschot@pancreatitis.nl
Notes Recruitment has been completed and currently follow‐up information is being collected