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Gallstone pancreatitis.
- Source :
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International surgery [Int Surg] 1983 Apr-Jun; Vol. 68 (2), pp. 153-6. - Publication Year :
- 1983
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Abstract
- The charts of 55 patients with clinical and surgical evidence of pancreatitis, secondary to gallstones, were reviewed. Patients with a history of high alcoholic intake were excluded. Gallstones were retrieved from all patients, 18 (33%) of whom had choledocholithiasis. Severe pancreatitis with extensive fat necrosis was documented during surgery in 27 patients (49%). We found an inverse relationship between the preoperative serum amylase levels and the severity of pancreatitis. Cholecystectomy was performed in 53 patients (96%). The operative mortality rate was 5.5%, and severe postoperative complications developed in five patients (9%). The follow-up period ranged from two to 24 years, and 39 of the patients in the follow-up evaluation remained completely asymptomatic postoperatively.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0020-8868
- Volume :
- 68
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- International surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6193078