title: Pancreatitis following intestinal bypass for obesity.
abstract: Three out of 24 patients undergoing intestinal bypass in the treatment of morbid obesity have developed acute pancreatitis in the postoperative period. All three had undergone end-to-end jejunoileal bypass. This serious postoperative complication has been infrequently recorded. Its significance and possible aetiological factors are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts