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Acute biliary pancreatitis during pregnancy and post delivery period
Author(s) -
Semih Hot
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
turkish journal of trauma and emergency surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1306-696X
DOI - 10.14744/tjtes.2019.03846
Subject(s) - medicine , acute pancreatitis , pregnancy , pancreatitis , incidence (geometry) , cholecystectomy , retrospective cohort study , obstetrics , medical record , postpartum period , surgery , genetics , physics , optics , biology
Acute pancreatitis has an incidence of approximately 1 in 1000 to 5000 pregnancies, and is most often seen in the third trimester or the postpartum period. The most common cause of pregnancy-related acute pancreatitis is cholelithiasis, which accounts for more than 65% of cases. The aim of this study was to present a detailed analysis of 4 years of experience with cases of acute biliary pancreatitis related to pregnancy from a single center.

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