Pancreatic Surgery

Abstract

Surgical TreatmentSurgical procedures employed in chronic relapsing pancreatitis and pancreatolithiasis can be divided into those directed toward the pancreas, those indirectly affecting the pancreas and a combination of the direct and indirect procedures.Indirect Methods Biliary-Tract Operations Cholecystectomy and choledochostomy. Gambill, Comfort and Bagenstoss⁶¹ have emphasized the importance of eliminating pathologic conditions of the biliary tract, when present, in the management of the disease. They observed remissions of the disease of one to eight years' duration after cholecystectomy or cholecystectomy plus choledochostomy in approximately one third of the cases. Subsequent remissions were also observed after secondary choledochostomy with . . .