Diagnosis and treatment of acute pancreatitis: an analysis of 217 patients

VernacularTitle:急性胰腺炎217例病因与临床诊治分析
Author: Dengqiu ZHAO ; Yefeng WU ; Bangjun CHENG ; Jianyan TANG ; Qiang XIONG ; Longxiang ZHOU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Pancreatitis; Diagnosis; Therapy
From: Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2012;18(8):615-617
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To study the etiological factors,clinical characteristics and diagnosis of acute pancreatitis (AP).Methods The clinical data of 217 patients with AP treated from January 2005to December 2010 in our hospital were studied retrospectively.Results The majority of patients were male (60.4％).The average age was 52.5 years.Cholelithiasiss,hyperlipidemia and trauma were the most frequent etiologic causes of AP.There were 164 patients with mild (75.6％) and 53 patients with severe (24.4％) AP.151 patients underwent surgical or endoscopical treatment (69.6 ％) while 66 patients underwent non-operative treatment (30.4 ％).14 of 53 patients with severe AP died.Conclusions AP should be treated according to the cause and the type.The key to reduce complications and increase cure rate is to find the cause of AP and then treat the underlying disease.