...Akram Ahmed; Waleed Gibreel; Michael G. Sarr Our understanding of the etiopathogenesis of acute pancreatitis has matured tremendously in the last 3 decades. Advanced cross-sectional imaging with 3-dimensional techniques along with use of intravenous contrast to image the presence or absence...

...). In 8 patients with chronic pancreatitis, the dorsal pancreatic duct was irregularly dilated from the orifice to the tail, whereas the ventral pancreatic duct was not dilated (isolated dorsal pancreatitis). None of the 12 complete pancreas divisum patients with acute pancreatitis consumed heavy...

... endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP). APD patency was found in 43% of 291 control cases who had no particular changes in the head of the pancreas compared to only 6% in patients with acute pancreatitis. APD patency was closely related with the shape of the terminal portion of the APD. This study aimed...

... < 0.05). Ten PBM patients had pancreatic disorders: acute pancreatitis (n = 3), chronic pancreatitis (n = 5), and pancreatic carcinoma (n = 2). Conclusions: In PBM patients, pancreatobiliary reflux frequently leads to biliary cancer, and biliopancreatic reflux often leads to acute or chronic pancreatitis...

...W. Uhl; M.W. Büchler Surgical treatment in patients with severe acute pancreatitis is still a controversial subject, ranging from conservative to aggressive approaches. This article gives an overview of the literature with regard to indications for surgery, timing and techniques of operative...

...C. Bassi; M. Falconi; A. Bonora; R. Salvia; E. Caldiron; L. De Santis; N. Sartori; G. Butturini; G. Talamini; P. Pederzoli Septic complications owing to infection of necrotic areas are the main cause of mortality during severe acute pancreatitis. The necrotic tissue, originally sterile, constitutes...

...Marco Siech; Matthias Böker; Hans G. Beger The case of a 67-year-old patient with acute pancreatitis and consecutive development of a pancreatic pseudocyst is reported. He originally suffered from a gallstone disease which was treated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. One day after...

...Norbert Runkel Understanding of the mechanisms for the development of sepsis during acute pancreatitis has increased greatly over the last 5 years. It has become clear that the gut serves as a source of bacteria in a variety of animal models of acute pancreatitis. Bacterial translocation from...

... to efficacy factor analysis, imipenem, ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin are the antibiotics which should be preferred for treatment of pancreatic infection. A first controlled clinical study with prophylactic imipenem in patients with severe acute pancreatitis showed a reduction in the rate of sepsis...

... and reticuloendothelial system dysfunction resulting in a net increase in circulating bacteria and endotoxin. It is via this indirect mechanism that bile, infected or not, may contribute most to the infectious processes in acute pancreatitis. 6 11 2008 © 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel 1996 Copyright / Drug...

... or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Acute pancreatitis Open packing...

... pancreatitis Acute pancreatitis Massive hemorrhage Splenic artery erosion Giancarlo Flati Barbara Porowska Donato Flati Delia Proposito Massimo La Pinta Enzo Talarico Manlio Carboni Second Department of Surgery, University of Rome La Sapienza', Rome. Italy Case Report Dig Surg 1993;10:194-197 Pancreatic...

...Harlan Stone A 91-case experience with immediate transduodenal sphincteroplasty in the management of acute biliary pancreatitis was reviewed. Diagnosis was made by clinical evidence of acute pancreatitis, absence of alcohol abuse, and past or present symptoms suggestive of biliary tract disease...

...W. Uhl; H.-J. Schrag; M.W. Büchler Surgical treatment in patients with severe acute pancreatitis is still a controversial subject, ranging from sole conservative to an aggressive approach. This article gives an overview of the literature with regard to indications for surgery, timing and techniques...

...Peter Malfertheiner; Enrique Domínguez-Muñoz Determination of serum pancreatic enzymes remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. Clinical symptoms and signs are of major importance in suspecting the disease, but they are not accurate enough to confirm the diagnosis...

... pancreatitis Infected pancreatic necrosis Antibiotics Infection route Treatment Acute Pancreatitis Dig Surg 1994;11:214-219 W. Uhl H.-J. Schräg A.M. Wheatley M. W. Bitchier Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland The Role of Infection in Acute...

... as safety and effectivity of the endoscopic procedure. The timing of the early ERCP/papillotomy (emergency vs. within 96 h) is at discussion. Although no significant benefit of immediate and early ERCP/papillotomy over the conservative approach has been shown in cases of predicted mild acute pancreatitis...

...M. Thumshirn; K. Gyr Various definitions and classification systems of acute and chronic pancreatitis have been elaborated in the past 3 decades and are critically reviewed in this article. According to these classifications acute pancreatitis is characterized by complete recovery, whereas chronic...

...Gisli H. Sigurdsson Despite progress in recent years in the diagnostics, surgical treatment and intensive care therapy, severe acute pancreatitis remains a major challenge to the medical profession and a serious threat to the patients. In its most severe form, acute pancreatitis is characterised...

.... Acute pancreatitis Gallstone pancreatitis Pathophysiology Diagnostic approach Therapeutic strategy Review Article Dig Surg 1990;7:1-7 Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis Rainer Kirchner*, Martin Lausen*, Richard Salm*, Jürgen Schölmerichb Departments of General Surgery and hMedicine, Albert-Ludwigs...