Table 1.
The details of conservative management of pancreaticopleural fistulas
| Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | Case 5 | Case 6 | Case 7 | Case 8 | |
| NPO1 (d) | 19 (6) | 0 (22) | 7 (27) | 0 (26) | 6 (9) | 0 (25) | 8 (0) | 14 (22) |
| TPN1 (d) | - | 0 (17) | 0 (27) | 0 (25) | 4 (7) | 0 (26) | - | 0 (16) |
| EN1 (d) | 16 (6) | - | - | - | - | - | 5 (17) | 7 (12) |
| Somatostatin analog1 (d) | - | 0 (11) | 0 (25) | 0 (43) | - | - | - | 0 (11) |
| Pleural fluid management | TD-25 d | TD-4 d | T-twice, TD-11 d | T-1 time, TD-25 d | TD-3 d | T-4 times | TD-30 d | Diagnostic thoracentesis alone |
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Length of treatment after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography given in the parenthesis. NPO: Nothing per os; TPN: Total parenteral nutrition; EN: Enteral nutrition; T: Thoracenthesis; TD: Tube drainage.