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PANCREATITIS: A CLINICAL REVIEW
Author(s) -
Mayday G. B.,
Pheils M. T.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb84479.x
Subject(s) - pancreatitis , medicine , gastroenterology , cholecystectomy , pancreatic pseudocyst , cholecystitis , general surgery , gallbladder
One hundred and sixty‐seven patients with pancreatitis were treated in the surgical wards at the Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, between 1965 and 1968. The cases were classified, according to the major ætiological factors, into those of alcoholic (38%), biliary (35%), alcoholic and biliary (10%), idiopathic (9%) and vascular pancreatitis (5%). In the alcoholic group, the patients were younger, pancreatic calcification or Insufficiency occurred almost exclusively, and there was a history of peptic ulcer in 50% of cases. Biliary pancreatitis occurred relatively more frequently in females and was associated with raised serum amylase levels. There were 15 pseudocysts and 10 pancreatic abscesses. Previous cholecystectomy did not prevent further attacks of pancreatitis. Vascular pancreatitis carried a higher morbidity and mortality.