Should serum pancreatic lipase replace serum amylase as a biomarker of acute pancreatitis?
It is concluded that serum pancreatic lipase is a more accurate biomarker of acute pancreatitis than serum amylase.
Most patients with post-operative lymph leak receiving TPN alone survived. It is rare for re-operation to be necessary in patients who have lymph leaks in the neck or retroperitoneum. Re-operative intervention is more commonly performed in lymph leak after oesophagectomy.