Endoscopic sphincterotomy without cholecystectomy for gall stone pancreatitis
| Autor: | I. A. Eyre-Brook, C. R. B. Welbourn, D. E. Beckly |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pancreatic disease medicine.medical_treatment Sphincterotomy Endoscopic Recurrent pancreatitis Cholelithiasis Recurrence medicine Humans Cholecystectomy Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Aged Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General surgery Gastroenterology Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Endoscopy Pancreatitis Acute Disease Acute pancreatitis business Complication Follow-Up Studies Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Gut. 37(1) |
| ISSN: | 0017-5749 |
| Popis: | Fifty one patients (median age 78, range 54-92) who had endoscopic sphincterotomy for gall stone pancreatitis without planned cholecystectomy were followed up to assess the effectiveness of this treatment in preventing further acute pancreatitis. In 48 patients sphincterotomy was technically successful and none had further acute pancreatitis after a mean follow up of 26.9 months. In three patients sphincterotomy was incomplete and two developed recurrent pancreatitis. These results suggest that endoscopic sphincterotomy alone is an acceptable alternative to cholecystectomy in the prevention of further attacks of acute pancreatitis in the elderly. |
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