Long-term results after pancreas resection for acute necrotizing pancreatitis
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- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 72 (9), 687-689
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800720905
Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the long-term effects of early pancreatic resection for acute necrotizing pancreatitis. During 1973–1978 40 resections were performed in our clinic. Eleven patients died initially (28 per cent). None of the four further deaths was due to pancreatitis or associated disorders. Twenty-four patients were reexamined 5–11 years after resection — one patient refused to participate. Five had not been able to return to work because of severe polyneuropathy; one more had retired because of chronic pancreatitis in the pancreatic remnant. Polyneuropathy was found in five further patients. The reason for this high incidence of polyneuropathy (42 per cent) remains unknown. Eight patients still drank excessive alcohol; three of them had had recurrent pancreatitis and dyspepsia, and insulin requiring diabetes. All but 2(92 per cent) had diabetes, 14 needing insulin - half of them at 6 months to 6 years after the resection. Moreover, 11 patients (46 per cent) suffered from dyspeptic symptoms. The results suggest that because of the high frequency of late complications, in addition to the early complications, early resection of pancreas should be critically re-evaluated as the treatment for acute necrotizing pancreatitis. If resection is used in patients with extreme pancreatic necrosis, careful and continuous postoperative follow-up will be needed.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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