Evaluation of gamma radiation therapy in experimentally induced hemorrhagic pancreatitis in dogs

Autor: B E, Musa, H L, Ferguson, A W, Nelson, E L, Gillette, W V, Lumb
Rok vydání: 1979
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Zdroj: American journal of veterinary research. 40(7)
ISSN: 0002-9645
Popis: Acute bile-trypsin pancreatitis was induced in two groups of six dogs each. One group was given supportive treatment only; the second group was treated with irradiation of the pancreas (400 rad). A third group of six dogs was irradiated, but pancreatitis was not induced. A 13-fold increase in survival time was observed in the dogs with pancreatitis which had been irradiated. Irradiation alone was found to reduce the volume of pancreatic secretion with a relative increase in trypsin content. Modification of the inflammatory reaction by irradiation and reduction in pancreatic secretion probably account for the therapeutic effect.
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