Open AccessCholecystectomy reduces the severity of subsequent idiopathic acute pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Jing Lei,
Feng Xu,
Haiyan Cao,
Zhihang Zhou,
Song He
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_441_21
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , pancreatitis , gastroenterology , acute pancreatitis , blood urea nitrogen , creatinine , bilirubin
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common digestive system disease, and its incidence is increasing year by year. Although some clinical studies have indicated that cholecystectomy can reduce the risk of recurrent pancreatitis after acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP), it is not clear whether cholecystectomy would affect the severity of subsequent AP.