Clinical analysis of 33 cases of acute recurrent pancreatitis

VernacularTitle:33例急性复发性胰腺炎临床分析
Author: Liangshun XIONG ; Jingyi WU ; Jian FEI ; Enqiang MAO ; Ruoqing LEI ; Jiancheng WANG ; Sheng CHEN ; Weize WU ; Tianquan HAN ; Chenghong PENG ; Yaoqing TANG ; Shengdao ZHANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Pancreatitis; Etiology; Prevention; Treatment
From: Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2010;16(3):164-166
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the etiology of acute recurrent pancreatitis (ACP) and de-termine how to further enhance its level of treatment.Methods The clinical data of 33 patients with ACP treated in Ruijin Hospital from 2003 to 2007 were retrospectively analyzed.Results Of the 33 patients with an average age of 55 (22-86), 18 (55%) were male and 15 (45%) female.ACP occurred once in 26 patients, twice in 4 and 3 times in 3.The disease appeared whithin 1 year in 29 patients, 1-2 years in 2, 2-3 years in 1 and 3 years in 1 after being dischared from hospital.For its etiology, it was of biliary origin in 29 patients, hyperlipidemia in 1, pancreatic tumor in 1 and unknow reasons in 2.Twenty-four patients were treated with operation or endoscopy.Two patients died and the mortali-ty was 9.1%.Conclusion ACP is mainly due to biliary origin in China.Operative intervention at an appropriate opportunity can effectively reduce the recurrence of biliary-origin pancreatitis.