Open AccessEvaluation of previous abdominal pain episodes in women with biliary pancreatitis: possible higher incidence of recurrent attacks
Author(s) -
R Romero-González,
Arnoldo Garza-Garza,
Laura Martínez Pérez-Maldonado
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
tropical gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2320-5792
pISSN - 0250-636X
DOI - 10.7869/tg.2012.69
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , abdominal pain , pancreatitis , gastroenterology , general surgery , mathematics , geometry
Recurrent biliary pancreatitis is described as episodes of new abdominal pain after diagnosis of pancreatitis. Few studies have analyzed the abdominal pain before the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. Our study aimed to analyze factors associated with previous abdominal pain episodes in patients with biliary pancreatitis, and elucidate its possible pancreatic origin.